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#A kohen has a mitzvah to become tamay to his relatives.<ref>Rambam Hilchos Aveilut 2:6</ref> | #A kohen has a mitzvah to become tamay to his relatives.<ref>Rambam Hilchos Aveilut 2:6</ref> | ||
#Some limit coming in contact with the corpse to when you are helping with the burial,<ref>Rama Y.D. 373:5 says one should be strict about this matter</ref> but others do not limit the kohen from contact with the corpse of the relative.<ref>Shach in Nekudas Hakesef 373:5 </ref> | #Some limit coming in contact with the corpse to when you are helping with the burial,<ref>Rama Y.D. 373:5 says one should be strict about this matter</ref> but others do not limit the kohen from contact with the corpse of the relative at all.<ref>Shach in Nekudas Hakesef 373:5 </ref> | ||
##A kohen must be careful when burying his relative not to come into contact with or under the same roof as other graves.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 373:7 suggests having kohanim buried at the edge of a cemetery. </ref> For Ashkenazim this is limited to on the way out of the cemetery, but while a kohen is dealing with the burial of the corpse of a relative, he may come into contact with other corpses.<ref>Rama Y.D. 373:7. If this was not arranged, and a kohen's relative is being buried among other graves in a way that the kohen will have to become tamay after burying his relative, Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe Y.D. 1:249) allows the kohen to attend the burial. </ref> | |||
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