Sandhaus
Hananya
FISHKILL – Jack Hananya, 56, of Long Island was on dialysis since
he was 32, and when Rabbi Zalman Sandhaus, who is co-director of the Pardes
Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Fishkill, learned of his predicament
in 2014, he stepped forward. Sandhaus’ blood type matched that of
Hananya. A year later the rabbi donated a kidney to the stranger.
“It’s a great feeling to know that there is person out there with a wife and three children, who now can live a normal life without dialysis and can get back on his feet and go to work and be a family man once again,” Sandhaus told MidHudsonNews.com.
The rabbi said he chose to donate his life-saving organ as a result of his childhood upbringing.
“One who saves a life is saving an entire world and each person is an entire world,” said Sandhaus. “So, if we can do something to save somebody, then we do what we can to save a life.”
Hananya, a native of Israel who immigrated to the US years ago, called Rabbi Sandhaus “an angel.”
