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The Halakhic Definition of Death and Organ Donation

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הגדרת המוות בהלכה ותרומת איברים

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The rise of transplantation raised a vital question: does brain death equate to death according to halakha? The debate pits those who maintain cardio-respiratory cessation as the criterion against those who accept brainstem death. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel and authorities such as Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach devoted significant rulings to it.

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