How Organ Donation Follows The Principles Of Jewish Law

June 11, 2010

In last week’s Jewish News, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet discussed his view of the problems with organ donation in Judaism. I fear he may have left people with an inaccurate impression of how it is arranged and the Jewish view towards it. He suggested that doctors “might remove [an organ] while you’re ‘medically dead’ even if not actually dead”. (TJ Leader)