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.

256. Title: Heart Transplants
     

     Author: Wozner, Rabbi Shmuel Halevi
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, pages 163-165
     Year: 1993~~
     Download: Hebrew

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257. Title: Cadavaric and Live Organ Donation
     

     Author: Yisraeli, Rabbi Shaul
     Publication: The First International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics & Halacha
     Year: 1993~~
     Download: Hebrew

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258. Title: Permissablity of Heart Transplant: Foundation of Chief Rabbinate’s Ruling
     

     Author: Yisraeli, Rabbi Shaul
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, pages 167-176
     Year: 1993~~
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259. Title: Prohibition of Organ Donation
     

     Author: Waldenberg, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, pages 149-162
     Year: 1993~~
     Download: Hebrew

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260. Title: Modern Perspectives on Halacha & Medicine
     

     Author: Halperin, Rabbi Mordechai
     Publication: ASSIA Journal of Jewish Medical Ethics and Halacha; Vol. I, No. 2
     Year: 1989
     Download: English

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     Vol. I, No. 2, May 1989, pp. 11-19. Same document appears twice. First time it was scanned; second time it appears as a PDF document.~~

      

261. Title: Decisions of Rav Auerbach
     

     Author: Auerbach, Rabbi
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262. Title: Choleh Lefaneinu
     

     Author: Levy, Dr. Yaacov
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 1, page 202
     Year: 1989~~
     Download: Hebrew

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263. Title: Terminally Ill Patient
     

     Author: Steinberg, Dr. Avraham
     Publication: First & Second International Conference of Medicine, Ethics & Halacha
     Year: 1996~~
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264. Title: Saving Lives according to the Teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
     

     Author: Halperin, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai
     Publication: The 2nd International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics & Halacha
     Year: 1996~~
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265. Title: Are Heart Transplants Allowed by Halacha?
     

     Author: Halperin, Rabbi Mordechai
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. V., page 55
     Year: 1986~~
     Download: Hebrew

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266. Title: Heart Transplant
     

     Author: Halperin, Rav Mordechai
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267. Title: Trefah
     

     Author: Ilani, Rabbi Yaacov
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, pages 207-208
     Year: 1993
     Download: Hebrew

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268. Title: Brain Stem Death: R. Auerbach
     

     Author: Auerbach, R. Shlomo Zalman
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, page 148(b) – 148(d)
     Year: 1993~~
     Download: Hebrew

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269. Title: Determining the Moment of Death and Heart Transplant
     

     Author: Steinberg, Dr. Avraham
     Publication: ASSIA Book, Vol. 7, pages 209-230
     Year: 1993~~
     Download: Hebrew

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270. Title: Terminal Patient
     

     Author: Goldberg, Rabbi Zalman Nechemia
     Publication: The First International Coloquium on Medicine, Ethics, & Halacha
     Year: 1993
     Download: English

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     Click here to see the summary of this article.~~