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# 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== | ==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> | # 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. Similarly, [https://aiayk.org/pesachaudio/ Rav Asher Weiss (Aguda Teleconference, April 6, 2020, | ||
Min 20-22)] stated that donating a kidney isn’t risk free but it is minimally dangerous and it is life saving and therefore it is a middat chasidut to do it.</ref> | |||
==Heart Transplant== | ==Heart Transplant== | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 7 April 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. Similarly, [https://aiayk.org/pesachaudio/ Rav Asher Weiss (Aguda Teleconference, April 6, 2020, Min 20-22)] stated that donating a kidney isn’t risk free but it is minimally dangerous and it is life saving and therefore it is a middat chasidut to do it.
- ↑ Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Kedoshim 5779 min 10)
