Priestly impurity

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Priestly impurity

Impurity of a type that priests cannot be exposed to, such as corpse impurity, and therefore entry into a cemetery is forbidden to them.

("And thus it is expounded in Torat Kohanim: 'And if there is one who touches, he is liable... since one is not liable for impurity unless the bodies have already been rendered permissible. And if you say: why are there three cases of karet regarding priestly impurity?'" - Rashi, Leviticus 22:3)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טֻומְאַת כֹּוהֲנִים

Definition (Hebrew)

טֻומְאָה מִסּוּג שֶׁכֹּהֲנִים לֹא יְכוֹלִים לְהֵיחָשֵׂף אֵלֶיהָ כְּגוֹן 'טֻומְאַת מֵת' וְלָכֵן נֶאֱסֶרֶת עֲלֵיהֶם כְּנִיסַת לְבֵית קְבָרוֹת.

("וְכֵן נִדְרַשׁ בְּתוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים וְכִי יֵשׁ נוֹגֵעַ חַיָּב...שֶׁאֵין חַיָּבִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם טֻמְאָה, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן קָרְבוּ מַתִּירָיו. וְאִם תֹּאמַר שָׁלֹשׁ כָּרֵתוֹת בְּטֻמְאַת כֹּהֲנִים לָמָּה"- רָשִׁ"י וַיִּקְרָא כב ג)

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