[Avodah] Brain Death

[Micha Berger]

I recommend seeing
http://matzav.com/video-rav-tzvi-flaum-on-brain-death-and-psak-halacha

R' Zvi Flaum's response to R' Shabatai Rappaport's talk. RSR holds of
brain-stem death. (He is also R' Tendler's son-in-law, BTW.) I can't
find his talk, even after looking through the obvious locations on
hods.org. RZF argues against.

Interestingly, RZF assumes that RMT and RSR are positing brain stem
death as an alternative to the centrality of heartbeat (and breathing
and motion of limbs). This is IMHO in error; RMT argues that having a
brain stem cause the heartbeat is part of the definition of heartbeat
and not a different criterion.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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