- Halacha
- Blood and Organ Donation
Donate body/organs
Question
According to the Halacha, when I die, may I leave instructions for my family to donate my body/organs to science for research or, organs to a hospital for transplant so another person can live?
What does halacha say?
Answer
We have several answers in our Hebrew Responsa and in our English Responsa to the question.
All the Rabbis answering write that one cannot trust the doctors to act with the donated organs as the Halacha instructs and therefore one unfortunately cannot donate organs.

Halachic Organ Donor
Various Rabbis | Adar II 18, 5768

Organ donation
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 23 Tishrei 5763

Donating Blood
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 2 Shevat 5766
Egg donation
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | 30 Shevat 5763

Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

Yoatzot Halachot
15 Kislev 5763

I love pork
23 Cheshvan 5763

One bracha or two
15 Kislev 5763

Backyard Eruv
15 Kislev 5763

When does my kaddish end
Rabbi David Sperling | Tammuz 8, 5771

Carrying firearms on Shabbat
Rabbi David Samson | 18 Elul 5762

Mikvah for unmarried women
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 16 Tevet 5766

Buying new things during the Omer
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5775

About Olam
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 21, 5782

Noahides
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 25, 5782
halachas
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782
