Venue: Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA) Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)

Halacha:

Medical Ethics 

Collections: R' Hecht Great Rabbinic Debates

Description

Is it permitted, obligatory, or prohibited to give up an organ, such as a kidney, in order to save the life of another? What is the balance between altruism and self-preservation?