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#The prohibition is not about the act of giving, but the non-Jew benefiting. Therefore, it only applies if the non-Jew receives the benefit.<ref>Avoda Berura Avoda Zara 20</ref> | #The prohibition is not about the act of giving, but the non-Jew benefiting. Therefore, it only applies if the non-Jew receives the benefit.<ref>Avoda Berura Avoda Zara 20</ref> | ||
#One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref> | #One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref> | ||
#Some prohibit one from donating blood for free.<ref>Rav Menashe Klein (Mishneh Halachos 4:245) says this would be an issue of giving a free gift and healing non-Jews</ref> Nowadays many permit donating blood.<ref>Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz in a [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/750344/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-donating-blood/ shiur] strongly encourages donating blood. He explains that you are donating to a system, so there is a reciprocity. It helps when everyone donates and this is similar to the Taz Y.D. 151:8. Additionally, your blood may be going to a Jew and he may need it immediately. Finally, many poskim including Rav Heinkin say that the prohibition only applies to idolaters. Rabbi Lebowitz quoted from Rabbi Mordechai Willig and Rabbi Tzvi Sobolofsky that it is permissible to give blood</ref> | #Some prohibit one from donating blood for free to a non-Jew.<ref>Rav Menashe Klein (Mishneh Halachos 4:245) says this would be an issue of giving a free gift and healing non-Jews</ref> Nowadays many permit donating blood.<ref>Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz in a [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/750344/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-donating-blood/ shiur] strongly encourages donating blood. He explains that you are donating to a system, so there is a reciprocity. It helps when everyone donates and this is similar to the Taz Y.D. 151:8. Additionally, your blood may be going to a Jew and he may need it immediately. Finally, many poskim including Rav Heinkin say that the prohibition only applies to idolaters. Rabbi Lebowitz quoted from Rabbi Mordechai Willig and Rabbi Tzvi Sobolofsky that it is permissible to give blood</ref> | ||
==Exceptions== | ==Exceptions== | ||
