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Interfaith Blood Drive
Saturday, October 31
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church
Blood donations seems an abstraction until loved ones and friends (e.g., Lynette Lyon & Steve Soule, z’l), were ill, needing several transfusions a week. Without a safe and reliable blood supply, they would not have lived as long and as well as they did.
In Judaism, donating blood fulfills several mitzvot:
• Pikuach Nefesh (Saving a Life - Talmud (Sanhedrin 37a) teaches: "Whoever saves
one life, it is as if they saved the entire world."
• Chesed (Kindness): Helping strangers in need follows the Torah's commandment to
"love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18).
• Lo Ta'amod Al Dam Re'echa (Do Not Stand Idly by the Blood of Your Neighbor):
We can't ignore when someone's life is in danger (Leviticus 19:16); donating blood
is essential when lives depend on a safe blood supply.
By donating blood, you can exemplify the highest ideals of Jewish ethics — preserving life, acting with kindness, and caring for others. Shir Ami has been involved in this blood drive for over 15 years - keep it going and show our faith in action.
Sign up to give at rcblood.org/donate using code: FPCG or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
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