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==What kind of Tumah== | ==What kind of Tumah== | ||
#A kohen cannot | |||
#A kohen cannot come into contact, carry, or be under the same roof with a human corpse.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 369:1</ref> | |||
#Ashkenazim allow a kohen to come into contact with metal which has come into contact with a corpse.<ref>Rama Y.D. 369:1 quoting from the Shut HaRashba 1:476 that there is an argument about this point, but we are customarily lenient </ref> | |||
#Sefardim do not allow a kohen to be under the same roof as a ''goses.''<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 370:1. Shach Y.D. 370:4 says this is not a Torah prohibition</ref> Ashkenazim agree that this should be avoided , but strictly it is permitted.<ref>Rama Y.D. 370:1</ref> | |||
==Blocking Tumah of Corpse== | ==Blocking Tumah of Corpse== | ||
# If there is a corpse in a room the tumah extends from room to room if there is an opening of a Tefach by a Tefach. If there is an opening of a Tefach square and it is completely closed off tumah doesn't extend beyond. However, if it is only partially closed off and the hole is less than a Tefach if the closing is permanent the tumah doesn't extend but if it is temporary it isn't a sufficient blockage and tumah expends.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 371:1</ref> | |||
# A closed door is considered a permanent blockage of tumah.<ref>Neeyim Zemirot p. 49 writes that a door can be a stimah olamit but if it is metal there's room to be machmir since it is mekabel tumah. Avnei Nezer OC 293:7 holds that a door is a stimah forever but struggles to prove this. Taharat Hakohanim 371:14 quotes the Avnei Nezer as primary.</ref> | #If there is a corpse in a room the tumah extends from room to room if there is an opening of a Tefach by a Tefach. If there is an opening of a Tefach square and it is completely closed off tumah doesn't extend beyond. However, if it is only partially closed off and the hole is less than a Tefach if the closing is permanent the tumah doesn't extend but if it is temporary it isn't a sufficient blockage and tumah expends.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 371:1</ref> | ||
# Only items that aren't mekabel tumah are able to block tumah.< | #A closed door is considered a permanent blockage of tumah.<ref>Neeyim Zemirot p. 49 writes that a door can be a stimah olamit but if it is metal there's room to be machmir since it is mekabel tumah. Avnei Nezer OC 293:7 holds that a door is a stimah forever but struggles to prove this. Taharat Hakohanim 371:14 quotes the Avnei Nezer as primary.</ref> | ||
#Only items that aren't mekabel tumah are able to block tumah.<ref>Rama YD 371:1</ref> Anything attached to the ground isn't mekabel tumah for these purposes.<ref>Taharat Kohanim 371:19 quoting Kehilat Yakov Taharot 25</ref> | |||
==Alerting a Kohen of Tumah== | ==Alerting a Kohen of Tumah== | ||
# If a kohen is sleeping in a house where there is a dead corpse you should wake him up to tell him to leave. If he isn't wearing clothing, first tell him to just come out of the house and he'll get dressed, and only then tell him about the corpse.<ref>Rama YD 372:1</ref> | |||
#If a kohen is sleeping in a house where there is a dead corpse you should wake him up to tell him to leave. If he isn't wearing clothing, first tell him to just come out of the house and he'll get dressed, and only then tell him about the corpse.<ref>Rama YD 372:1</ref> | |||
==Air Travel== | ==Air Travel== | ||
See [[Kohanim_Flying_on_a_Plane#Kohanim:_Air_Travel]] | See [[Kohanim_Flying_on_a_Plane#Kohanim:_Air_Travel]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Ritual Practices]] | [[Category:Ritual Practices]] | ||
