Congratulations to our alumnus David Shabtai '98 upon publishing:
DEFINING THE MOMENT: UNDERSTANDING BRAIN DEATH IN HALAKHAH
by Rabbi David Shabtai, MD
Does Judaism allow donating life-saving vital organs? Almost certainly, so long as the potential donor is dead. And this is where the story begins. Medical ethicists and leading rabbis have struggled for decades to determine the precise moment of death. Does death occur at the irreversible cessation of respiration, when the brain is completely gone, or when the heart stops beating? The practical consequences are enormous and they determine when vital organs may or may not be donated. Read More....
Rabbi Shabtai will be kicking off the book launch with a lecture for the Medical Ethics Society of Yeshiva University at The Seforim Sale, this Sunday, February 19th, at 7pm. To celebrate the book’s debut, it is being offered at a 15% discount at the Seforim Sale and in the Glueck Beit Midrash of YU after the lecture. The book is available at Amazon.