Impurity of a Corpse - Tumat Meit טומאת מת
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אהלות - Rooved structures in which a corpse is present; leaning over a corpse
Communicating impurity of a corpse out of a rooved structure
Impurity associated with flesh from a live person
How large a portions of a corpse must be, to communicate impurity
Disqualification of a kohen who has received tumat meit, from performing service with a private korban
General Issues
A corpse is considered to be of the
"Father" Level of Impurity
: Bava Kama 2a-b
If a piece of a corpse is wrapped up, without an empty space between the corpse and the wrapping, its impurity penetrates the wrapping upward and downward [boka'at v'olah, boka'at v'yoredet]: Keritot 21b
Any item which can contract
Impurity via Trampling/Riding/Sitting/Lying
can contract Death-Impurity: Succah 20a
Does a moving rooved structure [Ohel Zaruk] constitute a rooved structure, in interrupting the passage of impurity: Eruvin 30b-31a
Considering a corpse to be food, to communicate
tumat ochlin
: Keritot 21a-b
Combining food,
an egg-sized amount of which is subject to tumat ochlin
, with a piece of a dead person, an olive-sized amount of which is subject to tumat meit: Keritot 21a-b
Combining a piece of a corpse with dough in which it is wrapped, to reach the olive-sized amount with which it will communicate impurity: Keritot 21b
Impurity of a Corpse in a Rooved Structure
The status of Pottery vessels in the structure: Shabbat 84b
Impurity of the body of a Corpse
Where the flesh was digested by an animal: Menachot 69b
Impurity of a caul in which a baby is born, if the mother or baby do not survive: Bechorot 7b
Impurity of a body after decomposition: Temurah 34a
Impurity of one who has come in contact with a Corpse
His
Contact
creates a
Second Descendant level of Impurity
: Pesachim 14a
His
Contact
for a flat wooden vessel, which is fit for
Sitting/Lying On
: Shabbat 84a-b
Metal which touches a Corpse becomes a
"Father" Level of Impurity
automatically: Pesachim 14a-b, 19b
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