The Yeshiva World:

A 65-year-old Israeli man has taken tzedakah to a new level, giving of himself, quite literally, by donating more than 272 units of blood to Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical response service, over the course of 41 years.

In 2011, blood donations in Israel were down to a record low with only 4 percent of the population giving blood. But Menachem Steinmetz, a 65-year-old man from Rishon Lezion, countered the trend and broke Israel’s blood donation record and is 42 units shy of the current world record. And he doesn’t plan to stop any time soon.

“I’ll donate until the age of 70, if I’m allowed,” he said. “And I plan to use every moment. As long as I’m still able to be on the side of donating blood and not the other side, I’ll continue to donate blood. Really, why not?” Read more