Articles

Below you will find articles by rabbis, doctors and scholars about the halachic and medical issues surrounding brain-stem death and organ donation. Some articles are pro organ donation and some are con. We believe by showing all positions, we can allow the public to judge for themselves where they stand on these issues.

196. Title: Tzitz Eliezer Vol 10 Chap 25 Siman 5
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
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197. Title: Tzitz Eliezer Vol 10 Siman 25 Chap 6
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
     Publication: Vol 10 Siman 25 Chap 6
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198. Title: Tzitz Eliezer Chap 14 Siman 80
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
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199. Title: Tzitz Eliezer Chap 14 Siman 81
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
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200. Title: Titz Eliezer Chap 13 Siman 89 to 12
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
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201. Title: Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 329 Saif 4
     

     Author: Shulchan Aruch
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     Rules that absence of breathing determines death.~~

      

202. Title: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 339 Paragraph 1
     

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     Gosses. Things forbidden to do to a deathly ill person that will mostly likely die in 3 days.~~

      

203. Title: Double Murder
     

     Author: Feinstein, Rabbi Moshe
     Publication: Iggrot Moshe
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204. Title: Mishnah Torah Laws of Murder Chap 9 Halacha 9
     

     Author: Maimonides
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205. Title: Mishna Torah Shabbat Chap 2 Halacha 19
     

     Author: Maominodes
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     Maomonides rules that we only check breathing.~~

      

206. Title: Rif Yoma Chap 8
     

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     Textual Variation: Here it states navel instead of heart.~~

      

207. Title: Responsum Rivash Siman 45
     

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208. Title: Rosh Tractate Yoma Chap 8 Siman 16
     

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     Textual Variation: It says Navel instead of Heart.~~

      

209. Title: Tractate Shabbat Page 151b
     

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     Publication: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Shabbat Page 151b
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210. Title: Samuel 1 Chap 25 Verse 37
     

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