Organ Donation for Scientific Research

New episode of “Lemaan Yishmeu,” the weekly halacha podcast with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mara D’asra, and member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, brought to you by AskTheRav.com in partnership with the Lemaan Yilmedu Halacha Institute.

We’re pleased to share a new episode of “Lemaan Yishmeu,” the weekly halacha podcast with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mara D’asra, and member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, brought to you by AskTheRav.com in partnership with the Lemaan Yilmedu Halacha Institute.

Each week, Rabbi Braun addresses intriguing halachic questions on a wide range of practical topics – real questions that have come to his desk, along with his clear and insightful responses.

You can listen to the podcast on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, 24Six Amazon Music and Pocket Casts

The podcast is also available at https://asktherav.com/podcast, where you can see extensive marei mekomos for each answer.

In this week’s episode, the topics discussed by Rabbi Braun include:

Torah reading and haftorah

• Can a minyan for Torah reading (e.g., Aseres Hadibros on Shavuos) be arranged in a way that skips the maftir and haftorah?
• Can the maftir of Parshas Hachodesh or Parshas Zachor be read on its own as an independent obligation?
• What is the practical setup for children to come and hear the Aseres Hadibros as the Rebbe wants?

Tznius standards in earlier generations

• Why do some older photographs appear to reflect a less stringent standard of tznius?
• How should we understand the fact that some within earlier generations, in certain circumstances, appear to have placed less emphasis on particular aspects of tznius dress than is standard today?

Organ donation for scientific research

• Is it halachically permitted to donate one’s body for the benefit of scientific and medical research?
• Does the answer change for a non-Jew who wishes to do so?
• Is there a difference dependent on the actual medical or scientific benefit involved?

Promises and shidduchim

• If someone says their child is busy now but will return to this shidduch suggestion later, is that considered a binding promise?
• Which kinds of commitments are mutually understood as tentative, carrying no real obligation to follow through?

Shabbos reheating

• If fully cooked chicken was placed wet on a heat source on Shabbos for a brief amount of time, is the food permitted after the fact?
• Does it matter whether it actually reached the halachic level of cooking?

Kiddush for a baby girl

• Is there a source for making a celebration or seudah for the birth of a girl?
• When is the best time to hold such a gathering?

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