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.

211. Title: Tractate Sotah Page 45b
     

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212. Title: Tur Yoreah Deah 394
     

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213. Title: Tractate Yoma Chap 8 Page 45
     

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     Textual Variation: Here is navel instead of heart.~~

      

214. Title: Tractate Yevamot 120b
     

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215. Title: Radbaz Chap 2 Siman 695
     

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     Pregnant woman dying in labor.~~

      

216. Title: Radak on Kings I Chap 17 Verse 17-24
     

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217. Title: Maimonides Commentary on Mishaynot Sotah Chap 9 Mishna 4
     

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     Textual Variation: Debate is between navel and nose.~~

      

218. Title: Maimonides Commentary on Mishnayot Yoma Chap 8 Mishna 5
     

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219. Title: Genesis Chap 2 Verse 7
     

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     Source of life is breathing.~~

      

220. Title: Bet Yosef Orach Chayim 329
     

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     Textual Varation: It has navel instead of heart.~~

      

221. Title: Tractate Niddah 69b
     

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     Publication: Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Niddah Page 96 b
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222. Title: Moreh Nevuchim Vol I 42
     

     Author: Ramabam Maimonides
     Publication: Moreh Nevuchim Vol I 42
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223. Title: Mishana Yevamot Chap 16 Mishna 3
     

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224. Title: Mishna Sota Chap 9 Mishna 4
     

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     Here is a debate between navel and nose.~~

      

225. Title: Mishna Nidda Chap 10 Misna 4
     

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