His decision to live by emes, to raise his son with unwavering honesty, laid the foundation for a Torah revolution
INEchoes of the Maggid (ArtScroll, 1999), my grandfather, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, seamlessly weaves together divrei Torah with stories that deliver meaningful lessons. Here is a recap of “True to Life,” one of the stories in the book:
Years ago, while vacationing with her family in a bungalow colony, a woman gave birth prematurely. Her baby boy, who weighed just over two pounds, was rushed to a neonatal ICU. Doctors and nurses fought to sustain the life of the little boy with a weak heart and frail lungs who needed frequent blood transfusions.
Her husband asked if he could donate his own blood to his son.
“If your blood type matches his, we can designate it for him from our blood bank,” a doctor replied.
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