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Medical Halachah: Updating the Determination of Death

Speaker:: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
Date:: April 08 2024

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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

References: Yoma: 85A , Chullin: 21A , Nidah: 70B , Gittin: 76B

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Doctors in Canada and the US are updating their definitions of death, to focus on brainstem death and to accept "permanent" rather than "irreversible" cessation of function (paving the way for "partial resurrection" for organ donation). How would Halachah view these changes?

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