By COLlive staff
Over the past week there has been an outpouring of support from all over the world for 9-year-old Matthew Harms who was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Hundreds of requests have poured in asking for his Jewish Name in order to say Tehilim for his recovery.
Matthew is Jewish but was never given a Jewish name. In the past Matthew’s mother was hesitant to give Matthew a Jewish name.
“When I saw Matthew’s mom this morning at Hebrew School as she was dropping off her two daughters, I told her that people from around the world asked for Matthew’s Jewish name in order to recite prayers for his recovery,” said Rabbi Eli Kornfeld director of Chabad of Hunterdon County.
“She was so touched by the outpouring of support that she agreed to provide Matthew with his Jewish name,” he said.
Rebekah Harms, Matthew’s mother replied: “Matthew is having a real bad morning, and I am on the way home to take him into the hospital, his fever is on the rise and the doctors are concerned, can we name him right here in the parking lot?”
After a 5 minute discussion on potential names Matthew was given his Jewish name right in the parking lot of Chabad.
Please say Tehilim for Moshe Chaim ben Avraham.
With tears in her eyes, Rebekah drove home to pick up Moshe Chaim and take him to S. Peters Medical Center in New Jersey.
Today is the last chance to support an auction fundraiser which will support the Matthew Harms Medical Fund and the Chabad of Hunterdon Scholarship Fund.
The auction features 55 prize packages valued at more than $75,000. The grand prize is a private jet vacation getaway for 6, which is getting a lot of attention.
Some of the other prizes include an Apple iMac, iPad, iPod, iPad Mini, Macbook Air, $1000 Visa gift card, art pieces from Chagall and Dali, luxurious jewelry and watches, and sports packages.
The auction event will feature world renowned comedian Sarge and will be held at the historic Stangl Factory in Flemington, NJ. It will feature sushi and deluxe food stations by Fumio Catering of Livingston and an open bar by bartender Jeff Goldberg. Admission tickets are $50 and include $25 worth of raffle tickets and a $25 gift card from ice.com.
Tickets can be purchased until 8:30 PM at mychabadauction.com
Is it rivkah? Bc u don’t say fathers name when saying tehillim. May he hav a speedy and complete refuah!
must be high neshomo hashem please heal this special boy
moshe chaim ben rivka probably
to Moshe Chaim ben Rivka (Rebekah)
Correction, when praying for refuah shelema we put the mothers name. Moshe Chaim benRebekah
refuah shlaima Moshe Chaim
shelama!!
May he have a speedy refuah shelaima. What’s the mother’s name (for davening)?