Chesed 24/7 Event - Rabbi Joey Haber

first of all thank you very much for this this is incredible can those of you by the food can we have your attention please for three minutes first of all Rabbi Sanders this was not necessary at all I all you you all the thanks but this is incredible and I'm not going to mind bringing this home having the actual handwriting and the actual words of the excuse me of the the is an Incredible Gift okay so my speech is going to be shorter than expected because I can't see one word literally not one words can I you okay do we have your attention in the back there are many things in life that we are prepared for that means when someone gets mad time so when they're ready for marriage they took lessons and classes and hopefully they're ready for what's in store when someone's about to have a child by definition it takes nine months for that child to come into the world you have nine months to prepare if someone's going to buy a house you go into contract and then you close you're ready but when someone gets a call that their mother has to to go to the hospital or their father or their wife or God forbid their child you don't have any preparation it's usually hi Daddy's go daddy's not doing well hatah is coming to the house right now who's going are you going I'm going I'm going mommy's also going to go we're going to go too are you sure could you drop you have a class to give don't give the class grab something from the house and get in the car you're going to follow down salot truck and you're going to go and then you get there and you're so not ready for anything you barely know the doctor you're going to speak to and you for sure don't know what you're going to do my family and I have been through about a seven-year Journey that ended sadly three months ago and on that Journey we've been in and out of hospitals and had nowhere to turn and at nights we'd sleep on Floors at nights what you slept on before yes yes not my father at night we didn't know where we were going to get food from because it was so urgent no one even knew we were there enter 247 and all of the sudden the whole experience changes and I'd like to give you explanation why and give you a few keys if I can that the people in the back are okay with listening for two minutes theuk says of of consolation we speak you speak about the heart of Jerusalem because our sins have been forgiven what do you mean our sins have been forgiven yesterday was sitting on the floor because our was destroyed what changed today what Chang today is the recognition of Le the recognition of the heart of the Jewish people and the Heart of the Jewish people are so powerful and so unique and so captured in 247 when we walked into the hospital we didn't know them and they didn't know us and before you know it they were our friend and I'm going to give you three components of how they help number one is food you might say we don't food we could like afford food I hope you've never been in a hospital if you have try Uber eating to a hospital it's so annoying CU When You Uber eat to your house you could say drop it off outside the door and you go pick it up in 10 minutes or 20 minutes or an hour whatever it takes which door are you going to drop it off to outside the hospital so where do you go so you keep tracking on your phone and then the guy came already and then he left and he went to the other Hospital door and he went to the front he went to the back the front and the back is not not the front and the back of your house it's three blocks away the front and the back and you're starving and your and your patient needs food and you need food and the hospital gives you some food you can barely look at it and then there 24/7 my siblings and I were in and out of that room and we'd go get a piece of cake we'd go get something to eat we'd go get some vegetables we' go get some candy we go get some snack we go get some real food we go get soup on Shabbat we get K we get great jues they give you a little box they walk into your room even if you could afford the food even if buying food for you isn't hard you feel so desperate and so poor in that moment and the last thing you have time to do is say ma dad tell the H doctor to wait I'm going to go to the store and get food that's number one number two is holidays my father was in out of the hospital like I said over seven years it was probably 200 300 days that he was in the hospital 300 nights that he was there we had a couple of PES in the hospital PES 24/7 sent a team the night before PES to clean the room for PES then they sent the team to set up the room for PES like my brother mentioned on the video PES said there they had k matah everything you need the whole set up and for each and every holiday they are there for you to make you have whether it's Shabbat holiday make you have exactly what you need and the third and final thing if you never in a hospital you would think you don't need it but if you did in a hospital you desperately hold on to it and that is a friend to hold your hand in our journey we were in Two Hospital hital is predominantly Mount Si and Cornell I still remember the day when Sima walked into our room I think we were in the waiting room and she walked into the waiting room she says hi and we're like who are you she said I'm 247 and she told my mother I'm going to hold your hand every day we were in Mount Si for approximately 70 days I'm not sure was everyone or almost everyone every single day simma came to the room and sat with my mother what do you need what can I get you when you're there and you almost feel like you're in jail it's incredible what they do and then we were in Cornell and simma is right here tonight with us thank you simma so much for all that you done for my family and then we were in Cornell and in comes your and your is there for our family and she's watching us and she's there with us every single day and we were there also for weeks and months my point here tonight ladies and gentlemen is this I hope you never have to walk into a hospital but maybe I hope you do because it means your parent lived a long life and it means you have a chance to be there for them and in the haste and in the energy that you're putting in to be there for your parent or be there for a spouse you don't realize how much help you need and the people you need to be there for you so you don't get warning and I hope it doesn't come for another hundred years but when that day comes you're not going to get a collar class you're not going to get a groom class you're not going to get driver's headed and you're not going to get some L that's going to teach you how to give birth to a baby you're all a sudden going to be there and you're going to be lost and then you're going to hear about this room and you're going to get the Hebrew combination and you're going to walk into the room and you're going to feel like your home and you're going to see other people just like you people in our community and people from other communities and you say what are you here for one time my sister walked into room there was a man there who's was sitting shiva but his wife was giving birth so he was in the hospital during the seven days my sister was able to console my family was able to console him and he was able to strengthen us our nation is incredible because of the heart that we possess because of the strength that's inside of us because of the unity of Jews around the world that no matter how many people are our enemy we are brothers and sisters and there's no place on the planet that you will need it and that you will feel it more than in the 247 room I hope you don't need it for a hundred years but when that day comes you will be so glad that tonight you supported the hearts of our nation thank you