Halachic Organ Donor Society

When Avi was pronounced dead, I offered his organs for donation. When I was a student chaplain years ago in Chicagoland, I had the task while on-call of soliciting organ donations from the families of deceased patients. The law required solicitation, which had to be done quickly while the organs were still healthy.

Unfortunately, because Avi died with a 109 fever, his organs were unusable, so not only could we not save his life, we could not help to save the lives of others.

You may click on the name of the organization named above for more information about the halakha of organ donation and about how you can help save lives.

For those unfamilar with the term, "halachic" is the Hebrew word halacha (or halakha), meaning Jewish religious law, with the English suffix "-ic."