It sounds too good to be true — a drink that aids in the success of cancer treatment, nourishing the cells and preventing them from becoming resistant to chemo? Rabbi Yaakov Kairy knew he had to tell the world
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t sounds too good to be true — a concentrated soybean drink that aids in the success of cancer treatment, nourishing the cells and preventing them from becoming resistant to chemo? When self-effacing Rabbi Yaakov Kairy, a cheder rebbi by day and medical research consultant by night, saw the success of the product with his own grandfather, he knew he had a mission to tell the world
By day, Rabbi Yaakov Kairy is a first-grade rebbi in a Brooklyn yeshivah. At night, back at home in Lakewood, he wears a different hat — that of a consultant specializing in cancer research.
“I’m simply a research consultant, who, b’ezer Hashem, provides people with useful information,” says Rabbi Kairy, who is quick to qualify that he’s not a medical professional. “What I do is counsel people about things they can do to maximize the benefits of their cancer treatments, and I’m there to support them through it. I always encourage clients to discuss this information with their doctor, and to do their own research as well.”
Rabbi Kairy has spent the forty-something years of his life within the walls of yeshivos, yet is comfortable analyzing scientific studies and speaking in jargon one would expect to hear in molecular biology and cell genetics research labs. How did an elementary school rebbi land in this rarefied stratosphere?
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