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LiveOnNY is a nonprofit organization committed to helping New York live on through organ and tissue donation and to caring for the families touched by donation. We serve as the federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) for the greater New York City area.
This collection is an anthology of Jewish sources on organ donation and brain death. The sources are regularly updated. If you have more questions or which to bring LiveOnNY to your community, please contact me directly.
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LiveOnNY: Pikuakh Nefesh- Obligations and Limitations
How much danger must we put ourselves in to save someone's life?
LiveOnNY: Definition of Death- Sifrei Hazal
How does Hazal define "death," and what does this have to do with organ donation?
LiveOnNY: Hakham Tzvi Ashkenazi and the Chicken With No Heart
What does an unusual case about a chicken with no heart have to do with brain death and posthumous organ donation?
LiveOnNY: Nivul HaMet- Desecration of a Dead Body
Does posthumous organ donation constitute desecration of the body?
LiveOnNY: True Acts of Kindness
Organ donation is an opportunity for a dying person to do a final act of tzedakah that another person will never be able to repay.
LiveOnNY- Goses: State of Imminent Death
How do end of life questions intersect with whether or not posthumous organ donation is permitted in Jewish law?
LiveOnNY: Tereifah- Defected Body
How is a patient required to go through brain-death testing similar to a tereifah?
LiveOnNY: Definitions of Death- Rishonim
How do key medieval halakhic sources define death? Why will this matter even more when we start asking questions on end-of-life issues?
LiveOnNY: 903 Types of Death
How does organ donation provide an opportunity for a final act of tzedakah that another person will never be able to repay?