{"id":23975,"date":"2012-02-01T22:07:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=23975"},"modified":"2017-08-15T04:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T09:58:43","slug":"the-jewish-action-sparks-a-remarkable-act-of-chesed-rabbi-donates-kidney-to-mother-of-three-stephen-savitskyaudio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/the-jewish-action-sparks-a-remarkable-act-of-chesed-rabbi-donates-kidney-to-mother-of-three-stephen-savitskyaudio\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Action Sparks a Remarkable Act of Chesed: Rabbi Donates His Kidney to a Mother of Three (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Rabbi Ari Sytner met his kidney recipient,\u00a0both of their faces both lit up, and she started to cry. And she tried to say the words, &#8220;Thank you,&#8221; but she couldn&#8217;t. 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