He donated a kidney. Two weeks later, his wife received a call from Renewal: She was a match too!

Meet Eli and Daniella Rosenberg, both 37, from West Hempstead, New York. Eli works in IT, Daniella works with federal educational funding, and together they’re raising three children in a community where giving back and showing up for others are central to their lives. But neither could have predicted where that belief would lead them. After swabbing at a Renewal table, Eli learned that he was a kidney match for a 47-year-old man he had never met. His answer was simple: “There’s someone who needs a kidney. I have a spare.” Their children had very different reactions. One was immediately proud. Another declared, “Our family keeps our kidneys.” What followed was a journey involving fear, extraordinary letters from their children, an unbelievable connection discovered just days before surgery, and an emotional meeting between two families. Today, Eli describes his recipient’s family as a whole new family of his own — and he even learns Torah twice a week with the man who received his kidney. Then came another call. Just two weeks after Eli donated, Renewal told Daniella that she had matched with a potential kidney recipient too. In Episode 1 of *Behind the Match*, Eli and Daniella share the honest story of living kidney donation from inside a marriage and a family — including the decision to donate, preparing children, surgery and recovery, meeting a recipient, and the unexpected relationships that can follow transplantation. 🎙️ Behind the Match — Episode 1 Presented by Renewal. If this conversation moved you, share it. Every conversation about living kidney donation has the potential to reach the person who may become someone else's match. Learn more about Renewal and the living kidney donor screening process at Renewal.org.