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The search for organs: halachic perspectives on altruistic giving and the selling of organs
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017The real problem of donating and selling organsShow More
Dear editor,
Shortly after the Holocaust, Rabbi Zewin set out to examine Jewish law with regard to a famous anti-Semitic motif, Shylock's deal. Zewin concluded that a person is not the owner of his or her body and that it is impossible to make a body part collateral to debt.
Rabbi Israeli, following Rabbi Babd, disagrees, claiming that a person has the right to use his or her body in any manner that might be be...
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