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.

76. Title: Anencephaly and Organ Donation
    

    Author: Zilberstein, Rabbi Yitshak, Schussheim, Dr. E.Y.
    Publication: ASSIA – Volume 13
    Year: 2010
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute fo Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem~~

     

77. Title: Moribund Donors of Organs for Lifesaving
    

    Author: Dik Rabbi Yehuda
    Publication: Establishing the Moment of Death
    Year: 2007
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute fo Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem~~

     

78. Title: Transplantation of Ovaries and Testicles
    

    Author: Catane, Dr. Chana; Raiskin, Shlomy
    Publication: ASSIA – Volume 13
    Year: 2010
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute fo Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem~~

     

79. Title: Murder of the Donor: Introduction to the Medical Discussion
    

    Author: Halperin Rabbi Mordechai
    Publication: Establishing the Moment of Death
    Year: 2007
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute fo Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem~~

     

80. Title: Lifesaving Organ Transplantation from a Cadaver
    

    Author: Auerbach Rabbi S.Z , Abraham Prof. A.S
    Publication: Establishing the Moment of Death
    Year: 2007
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    The Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute fo Medical-Halachic Research at the Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem~~

     

81. Title: Brain Death and Heart Transplants
    

    Author: Cohen, Rabbi J. Simcha
    Publication:
    Year: 2011~~
    Download: English

    HOD Comments:

     

82. Title: The Heart, the Head, and the Halakhah
    

    Author: Rosenfeld, Rabbi Azriel, Ph.D., D.H.L
    Publication: New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol 70, Issue 20
    Year: 1970
    Download: English

    HOD Comments:
    Article is from 1970, but already Rav Rosenfeld identified the brain as the seat of personal identity, and wrote that it didn’t matter if the heart was still beating if the brain had been removed.~~

     

83. Title: Irreversible Maternal Brain Injury during Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
    

    Author: Feldman, Deborah M, MD; Borgida, Adam F., MD; Rodts, John F., MD, & Campbell, Winston A., MD.
    Publication: Obstetrical and Gynegological Survey, Vol 55, Number 11
    Year: 2000
    Download: English

    HOD Comments:
    Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc

     

84. Title: Rabbi Bush Poses Questions to Chief Rabbinate of Israel
    

    Author:
    Publication: ASSIA
    Year: 2010
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    It seems Rabbi Bush wrote his questions in English. This article includes most of this original questions in English and also translates them into Hebrew.~~

     

85. Title: Rav Ovadiah Yosef on Brain Death
    

    Author: Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Avraham
    Publication: ASSIA
    Year: 2010
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    Schlesinger Institute~~

     

86. Title: Rav Elyashiv’s Position on Israeli Brain Death Law
    

    Author: Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Avraham
    Publication: ASSIA
    Year: 2010
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
    Schlessinger Institute

     

87. Title: The Search for Organs, Halachic perspectives on altruistic giving and the selling of organs
    

    Author: Kunin, J. D.
    Publication: The Journal of Medical Ethics
    Year: 2005~~
    Download: English

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88. Title: On Donating Articles
    

    Author: Schneerson, Rabbi Menachem M., The Lubavitcher Rebbe
    Publication: TheRebbe.org
    Year: 1969~~
    Download: English

    HOD Comments:

     

89. Title: Neuropathology of brain death in the modern transplant era
    

    Author: Wijdicks, Eelco and Eric A. Pfeifer
    Publication: Neurology
    Year: 2008
    Download: English

    HOD Comments:
    Online version of this article, along with updated information is located at www.neurology.org/content/70/15/1234/full.html~~

     

90. Title: On brain death and respiratory Halacha
    

    Author: Carmel, Rav
    Publication:
    Year: Tishrei 2000
    Download: Hebrew

    HOD Comments:
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