Donating Kidneys with Love

Matnat Chaim

With your help, we can bring Israel’s kidney patients – from darkness to light!

Illness. Fear. Weakness. Pain. Hospitals. Tests. Diagnosis. Dialysis. Shame. Despair. Connection. Hope. Compassion. Love. Kindness. Rescue. Donation. Health. Life.

Matnat Chaim.

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Kidney Donations with Love

What We Do

We connect people, mentor kidney donors and patients, embrace them,
and above all – save lives.

I feel a personal obligation to help Matnat Chaim grow and to raise awareness about kidney donation in every home in Israel, so that no patients are left without hope.

Yehuda Meiteles

יהודה מייטלס

I will never forget when the wonderful bond between Elchanan and me began. My surgery took place during a time of widespread unity and shared prayers here in Israel, and that connected with what I was doing personally.

Ilana Dror

אילנה דרור

I will never forget when the wonderful bond between Elchanan and me began. My surgery took place during a time of widespread unity and shared prayers here in Israel, and that connected with what I was doing personally.

Gershy Rapp

גרשי ראפ

Our Partners

A Life's Work

Rabbi Yeshayahu Heber z”l, who himself received a kidney transplant, turned his personal story of survival into a life-saving endeavor:
the nonprofit organization Matnat Chaim.

Together with his wife, Rachel Heber, he built Matnat Chaim—and today, following his tragic death, she continues to lead the organization and fulfill their shared vision.

Recent Transplants

Recipient:

Taubuf bat Yisharg

Donor:

Michael ben Svetlana

02.09.2026

Recipient:

Yigal Chaim ben Lydia

Donor:

Yaakov Yanai ben Sara Gila

01.09.2026

Recipient:

Natan ben Ruth Pearl

Donor:

Efrat Freida bat Ratza Shoshana

31.08.2026

Nearly 1,000 patients are still waiting for a transplant!

Could you be
a kidney donor?

Our Stories

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סיפורים מהתקשורת

כליות מברזל

חוברת בעקבות מלחמת חרבות ברזל
יצאה לאור בתשרי תשפ”ה

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סיפורים מהתקשורת

אם ל-8 תרמה כליה והצילה ילדה בת 9

17/11/2024
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VOD

While evacuated from her home in the north, Michal donated a kidney to a woman she had never met

Matnat Chaim

A Global Perspective

Israel Ranks Near the Top in Live Organ Donations

1/11/2021

ישראל מדורגת בצמרת תרומות האיברים מן החי

How reimbursement affects kidney donation

24/6/2022

כיצד החזר כספי משפיע על תרומת כליה

Boss donates kidney to stranger

1/11/2022

הבוס שתרם כליה לאדם שלא הכיר

Emergence of an Israel faith-based community organization facilitating live donor kidney transplantation

07/06/2018

הקמה של ארגון קהילתי ישראלי מבוסס אמונה, המסייע בהשתלות כליה מתורמים חיים

Why Israel has more altruistic kidney donors than any other country in the world

June 15, 2023

למה בישראל יש יותר תורמי כליה אלטרואיסטים מאשר בכל מדינה אחרת בעולם

Free of Charge

Let's Discuss Kidney Donation

Looking for a unique lecture that will captivate your employees or community members?
Our kidney donors will be glad to share their personal stories and give listeners an extraordinary perspective on living and giving.
Life with one kidney.