Its a yes and no. IF lets say a relative needs a kidney or else they will die, and cant get it from anyone else, then yes your allowed to give it (I belive, but someone should double check). But randomly donating your organs, or signing something that says if you die they can take your organs, I dont belive is allowed.
Its a yes and no. IF lets say a relative needs a kidney or else they will die, and cant get it from anyone else, then yes your allowed to give it (I belive, but someone should double check). But randomly donating your organs, or signing something that says if you die they can take your organs, I dont belive is allowed.
So to requote you, it might be allowed to save a relative's life and it can't come from somewhere else...but when one is basically dead, it is not allowed to remove organs (even with signed permission) to harvest it for saving a life in the future. I would only agree wtih this if you said it was wrong to REQUIRE someone to do it, but volunteering would be a different story. We can talk more about this at length.
what if a nonkosher animal, such as a pig, was able to save someone's life with its heart? Is this unkosher?
Its a yes and no. IF lets say a relative needs a kidney or else they will die, and cant get it from anyone else, then yes your allowed to give it (I belive, but someone should double check). But randomly donating your organs, or signing something that says if you die they can take your organs, I dont belive is allowed.
So to requote you, it might be allowed to save a relative's life and it can't come from somewhere else...but when one is basically dead, it is not allowed to remove organs (even with signed permission) to harvest it for saving a life in the future. I would only agree wtih this if you said it was wrong to REQUIRE someone to do it, but volunteering would be a different story. We can talk more about this at length.
what if a nonkosher animal, such as a pig, was able to save someone's life with its heart? Is this unkosher?
I just brought that as an example. Im not saying any Halacha. (just an opinion).
It is forbidden to simply donate to an "organ bank," where there is no specific, immediate recipient. BUT to save a life it would be allowed.
You can't donate Organs because doing so desturbs a dead body. If you are alive like donating a Kidney which you have two of I don't think it is problem but I could be wrong
I don't personally believe that the body is important after you've left it. Sure, it should be treated with respect, as it once contained a human spirit, but the person isn't there anymore, in my opinion. I don't see why people shouldn't be able to have those organs if it would help them to live.
They can have everything but my Hammond!