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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>I actually discussed this in an article in 2010 available here: <a href="http://www.yctorah.org/content/view/662/10">http://www.yctorah.org/content/view/662/10</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For those who are interested, the references contain the cites for the following info:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. Dr. Robert White performed head transplants in monkeys in the 1970's.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. Rabbi Azriel Rosenfeld discussed the halachic implications of potential head transplants in the 60's and 70's<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would note that the ability to perform these transplants is further evidence that defining life by neurological function makes the most practical and halachic sense. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Noam Stadlan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>R’ Noam,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And what will we do when it will be possible to transplant half a brain etc.? Will we wait to see who has more of the personality of reuvain or shimon? Ahhh-if only we could invent a soul detector!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>She-nir’eh et nehamat Yerushalayim u-binyanah bi-mherah ve-yamenu,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joel Rich<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><br><br><table bgcolor=white style="color:black"><tr><td>THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE <br>
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