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##Even if a kohen is in a separate room, there is still a problem if the corpse may pass through the room the kohen is in.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 371:4 based on Mishna Ohalos 7:3. Rashi in Beitzah 38a s.v. deorata says this is a halacha l'Moshe MiSinai. However, in Beitzah 10a s.v. kulam says it is a rabbinic decree and this is how the Shach Y.D. 371:8</ref>
##Even if a kohen is in a separate room, there is still a problem if the corpse may pass through the room the kohen is in.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 371:4 based on Mishna Ohalos 7:3. Rashi in Beitzah 38a s.v. deorata says this is a halacha l'Moshe MiSinai. However, in Beitzah 10a s.v. kulam says it is a rabbinic decree and this is how the Shach Y.D. 371:8</ref>
###One can plan to take the corpse out one exit and then only that exit is tamay and the kohen can be by any other exit.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan Y.D. 371:22 quoting from Mishna Ohalos 7:3</ref>
###One can plan to take the corpse out one exit and then only that exit is tamay and the kohen can be by any other exit.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan Y.D. 371:22 quoting from Mishna Ohalos 7:3</ref>
#Some allow a kohen to be under the same roof as a non-Jewish corpse, but ideally we try to be strict.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 372:2. Most prohibit touching or lifting a non-Jewish corpse, but the Hagos Maymonios Hilchos Avel 3:2 quotes the Yerayim that a kohen does not have to avoid these forms of tumah by a non-Jewish corpse. </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>
#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 as serious as an actual corpse, but notes that others disagree</ref> Ashkenazim agree that this should be avoided , but strictly it is permitted.<ref>Rama Y.D. 370:1</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 as serious as an actual corpse, but notes that others disagree</ref> Ashkenazim agree that this should be avoided , but strictly it is permitted.<ref>Rama Y.D. 370:1</ref>