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.

316. Title: My King in the Sanctuary
     Author: Hirschensohn, Chaim
     Publication: Moinester Printing Company
     Year: 1923
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     Malki Ba-Qodesh, “My King in the Sanctuary” Volume 3
     Chaim Hirschensohn
     The book was published in 1923 by Moinester Printing Company in St. Louis, MO.

      

317. Title: The Laws of Uziel
     Author: Uziel, Ben-Zion Meir Hai
     Publication: Rabbi Jacob Levitzki
     Year: 1935
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     Mishpetei Uziel, “The Laws of Uziel,” Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel; The book was published in 1935 in Tel Aviv by a publishing house called “Rabbi Jacob Levitzki”

      

      

318. Title: Definition of Death in Jewish Law
     Author: Rosner, Fred
     Publication: New York State Journal of Medicine
     Year: June 1983
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319. Title: Letter to Rabbi Dr. Henry Hasson
     Author: Ben-Haim, Rabbi Eliyahu
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     Year: 03/08/2016
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320. Title: The Relationship Between Torah, Chazal, and Modern Science
     Author: Rabinowitz, Rabbi Gedaliah
     Publication: Hakirah Journal
     Year: Fall 2011
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321. Title: Prayer For A Brain Dead Person
     Author: Hacohen, Rabi Re'em
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322. Title: The Definition of Death in Jewish Law
     Author: Rosner, Fred
     Publication: Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Thought
     Year: 1969
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     In the last paragraph, Fred Rosner confirms that cessation of respiration is death according to the majority of talmudic and post talmudic authorities.

      

323. Title: Time of Death and Organ Donation: Does Halakha Permit the Signing of an Organ Donor Card?
     Author: Brody, Rabbi Shlomo M.
     Publication: Maggid Books
     Year: 2014
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     Excerpt from A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates

      

324. Title: The Sydney Beth Din Position Paper on Organ Donation in Australia
     Author: Gutnick, Rabbi Moshe; Ulman, Rabbi Yehoram; and Chriqui, Rabbi Michael
     Publication: Australian Government - Organ and Tissue Authority
     Year: 2015
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325. Title: Letter from Dr. David Polaner
     Author: Polaner, MD, FAAP, David M.
     Publication: Correspondence
     Year: 2016
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326. Title: What is the Halakhah for Organ Transplants?
     Author: Rabinovitch, Nachum L.
     Publication: Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Thought
     Year: 1968
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327. Title: Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature
     Author: Bleich, J. David
     Publication: Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought
     Year: Spring-Summer 1973
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328. Title: Binyan Av – Organ Donation
     Author: Doron, Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi
     Publication: Karta D'Shufra
     Year: 2002
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329. Title: Brain Death Is Not The Final Word
     Author: Zacharowicz, MD, Leon
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     Year: 2006
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     Response to “Organ Donation: Gift or Halachic Obligation?”

      

      

      

330. Title: Organ Donation: Gift or Halachic Obligation?
     Author: Eisenberg, Malka
     Publication: The Jewish Star
     Year: 2006
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