Talk:Organ donation in Jewish law

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This stayed out from pages Self-sacrifice under Jewish law, and Pikuach nefesh, i recently merged, So I put it here!

Still needs major work!

maybe incorporate into Organ donation ?

Bloger 04:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Question
If it is a "majority opinion" that organ donation is fine under Jewish religious law then why does Israel face such a shortage of donors?

And regardless of current beliefs regarding organ donation, it is a historical fact that organ donation has traditionally been regarded as an unacceptable desecration of the body by Jewish religious authorities.

There is no consensus that organ donation is religiously acceptable in Jewish law. Epycwin (talk) 04:47, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The article explains that it is partly due to misconceptions of the law. The material you removed is sourced. Millmoss (talk) 17:48, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Organ donation is perfectly fine under Jewish law, as long as the person is alive, after death it’s forbidden, not because organ donation is a problem, but rather because any desecration of the body after death is Strongly forbidden under Jewish law.


 * The reason some consider organ donation a problem under Jewish law, is because from a kabalistic point of view it’s a problem, since every organ corresponds to one part of a full puzzle of the human body, taking one piece out makes the puzzle defected.

Bloger (talk) 04:14, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, it more complicated than that, which is why there are many misconceptions. Millmoss (talk) 17:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC)