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==Donating Blood== | ==Donating Blood== | ||
# It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood because it is used to save lives.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)]</ref> | # It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood because it is used to save lives.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)]</ref> | ||
==Kidney Donation== | |||
# Since kidney donations aren't so dangerous they are permitted and encouraged.<ref>See Yachava Daat 3:84, Tzitz Eliezer 9:45, Minchat Yitzchak 5:7.</ref> | |||
==Heart Transplant== | ==Heart Transplant== | ||
# A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)]</ref> | # A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.<Ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=82369 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 10 February 2020
Donating Blood
- It is permissible and a mitzvah to donate blood because it is used to save lives.[1]
Kidney Donation
- Since kidney donations aren't so dangerous they are permitted and encouraged.[2]
Heart Transplant
- A heart transplant isn't allowed since it is a major dispute if taking a live heart is considered killing the donor.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 1)
- ↑ See Yachava Daat 3:84, Tzitz Eliezer 9:45, Minchat Yitzchak 5:7.
- ↑ Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)
