WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE
The Efrat organization, dedicated to preventing the number one cause of
death in Israel-abortion, continues to register successes. In the year 2004,
Efrat saved the lives of 1,658 Jewish children in Israel by providing social
and financial support to mothers who had planned to abort for socio-economic
and related reasons. The number of successes in 2003 was 1,448.
Recently, a story was publicized in a work entitled Aleinu L'Shabe'ach (We
Must Praise) by Rabbi Zilberstein of Bnei Brak. Though the names have been
changed, the facts are accurate, as testified to by more than one person.
The incident occurred as follows:
Yoav, a young IDF (Israeli Defense Force) soldier was stationed in the city
of Chevron. Suddenly, he was shot by an Arab sniper and left for dead. As it
was four o'clock in the morning and no imminent attack was expected, no one
was awake to hear the shot and rush to his aid. It appeared as though Yoav
was doomed to bleed to death before anybody would ever find him. His short
life would come to a tragic silent end.
One other soldier, however, did happen to hear something. Though not
totally
sure, he suspected it might be a rifle shot, so he went to investigate. He
spotted Yoav, who was lying on the ground, bleeding to death. He immediately
began to stabilize Yoav's wound and arrange for emergency transport to a
medical facility. It took time for help to get to the scene, so he needed to
apply manual pressure and any other trick he could think of to keep Yoav
alive in the interim - he was literally holding Yoav's life in his hands.
Eventually, Yoav arrived at a proper medical facility where he was treated
by surgeons. Yoav's parents were notified and rushed to the hospital. The
doctors told them that had it not been for the immediate and appropriate
actions of the other soldier, their son Yoav would definitely not have
survived. It was indeed a miracle that the other soldier heard what no one
lse heard and managed to locate Yoav as quickly as he did. They went to
thank him, but he had already left the hospital.
After Yoav was home recuperating, and everyone was settled, they called the
army to find out the name of the other soldier so they could thank him
personally. Unfortunately, the other soldier's name had not been recorded in
the incident report, so they now had no way of ever contacting him.
Yoav's parents owned a makolet (small grocery store) in Kiryat Malachi, so
they put up a poster in their store, describing the miracle that occurred
and asking if anyone knew the identity of Yoav's savior. They figured that
Israel is a small country and someone might know someone who knows
something.
Months passed with no response. Finally after a year, a woman entered the
store and saw the sign. She was positive that her son Doron had mentioned
such an account. She took out her cell phone and called Doron on the spot.
Sure enough, he remembered the incident quite well -he had saved Yoav's
life.
Soon all the families gathered together for a joyful, tearful "reunion."
Doron's mother pulled Yoav's mother aside and told her, "There is a specific
reason why I came to your store today. You don't remember me, but twenty
years ago, I was standing in your makolet feeling lost and forlorn. You and
your wonderful husband noticed how sad I looked and asked me what was the
matter. I explained that I was pregnant and was overwhelmed. There were so
many unbearable difficulties, financially, socially and emotionally. I had
decided that the only way out was to have an abortion.
"You both stopped everything, and calmly and lovingly sat with me. You
listened to me. Then you offered so much encouragement and support. Because
of you, everything began to look different, and I chose to keep my baby. I
no longer live around here, but I happened to be passing through and I
figured it would be nice to visit your store again to thank you once again
for all that you did for me. The name of that precious baby was Doron."
"My beloved Doron, who would not have been born were it not for you, grew
up to save your son Yoav's life."
(By Tvi Binn of Efrat-CRIB, Shorashim, February 17, 2005)
The Efrat organization, dedicated to preventing the number one cause of
death in Israel-abortion, continues to register successes. In the year 2004,
Efrat saved the lives of 1,658 Jewish children in Israel by providing social
and financial support to mothers who had planned to abort for socio-economic
and related reasons. The number of successes in 2003 was 1,448.
Recently, a story was publicized in a work entitled Aleinu L'Shabe'ach (We
Must Praise) by Rabbi Zilberstein of Bnei Brak. Though the names have been
changed, the facts are accurate, as testified to by more than one person.
The incident occurred as follows:
Yoav, a young IDF (Israeli Defense Force) soldier was stationed in the city
of Chevron. Suddenly, he was shot by an Arab sniper and left for dead. As it
was four o'clock in the morning and no imminent attack was expected, no one
was awake to hear the shot and rush to his aid. It appeared as though Yoav
was doomed to bleed to death before anybody would ever find him. His short
life would come to a tragic silent end.
One other soldier, however, did happen to hear something. Though not
totally
sure, he suspected it might be a rifle shot, so he went to investigate. He
spotted Yoav, who was lying on the ground, bleeding to death. He immediately
began to stabilize Yoav's wound and arrange for emergency transport to a
medical facility. It took time for help to get to the scene, so he needed to
apply manual pressure and any other trick he could think of to keep Yoav
alive in the interim - he was literally holding Yoav's life in his hands.
Eventually, Yoav arrived at a proper medical facility where he was treated
by surgeons. Yoav's parents were notified and rushed to the hospital. The
doctors told them that had it not been for the immediate and appropriate
actions of the other soldier, their son Yoav would definitely not have
survived. It was indeed a miracle that the other soldier heard what no one
lse heard and managed to locate Yoav as quickly as he did. They went to
thank him, but he had already left the hospital.
After Yoav was home recuperating, and everyone was settled, they called the
army to find out the name of the other soldier so they could thank him
personally. Unfortunately, the other soldier's name had not been recorded in
the incident report, so they now had no way of ever contacting him.
Yoav's parents owned a makolet (small grocery store) in Kiryat Malachi, so
they put up a poster in their store, describing the miracle that occurred
and asking if anyone knew the identity of Yoav's savior. They figured that
Israel is a small country and someone might know someone who knows
something.
Months passed with no response. Finally after a year, a woman entered the
store and saw the sign. She was positive that her son Doron had mentioned
such an account. She took out her cell phone and called Doron on the spot.
Sure enough, he remembered the incident quite well -he had saved Yoav's
life.
Soon all the families gathered together for a joyful, tearful "reunion."
Doron's mother pulled Yoav's mother aside and told her, "There is a specific
reason why I came to your store today. You don't remember me, but twenty
years ago, I was standing in your makolet feeling lost and forlorn. You and
your wonderful husband noticed how sad I looked and asked me what was the
matter. I explained that I was pregnant and was overwhelmed. There were so
many unbearable difficulties, financially, socially and emotionally. I had
decided that the only way out was to have an abortion.
"You both stopped everything, and calmly and lovingly sat with me. You
listened to me. Then you offered so much encouragement and support. Because
of you, everything began to look different, and I chose to keep my baby. I
no longer live around here, but I happened to be passing through and I
figured it would be nice to visit your store again to thank you once again
for all that you did for me. The name of that precious baby was Doron."
"My beloved Doron, who would not have been born were it not for you, grew
up to save your son Yoav's life."
(By Tvi Binn of Efrat-CRIB, Shorashim, February 17, 2005)
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