A Cohen is not allowed to become ritually impure - except for his parents, his father's sons and unmarried daughters, his own children and his wife.
He may not touch nor carry corpses, nor be under the same roof nor hover over a corpse.
The same applies to body parts as well as to blood from a corpse.
A Cohen who becomes ritually impure deserves 39 lashes by Bet Din.
A Cohen may help in the burial of a מת מצוה - if the burial will not happen without his assistance.
Applies everywhere, always, to Kosher male Cohanim, but not to a Chalal
Verse: "He may not become impure for a non relative" (Vayikra 21:1)
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Prohibition 141
- Danny
Sunday, 28 Av 5770
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