הלכות אבל ג׳Mourning 3

Halacha 1א׳

כָּל כֹּהֵן שֶׁנִּטְמָא לְמֵת חוּץ מִשִּׁשָּׁה מֵתִים הַמְפֹרָשִׁים בַּתּוֹרָה אוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ. בְּעֵדִים וְהַתְרָאָה. הֲרֵי זֶה לוֹקֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כא א) "לְנֶפֶשׁ לֹא יִטַּמָּא בְּעַמָּיו". וְאֶחָד הַנּוֹגֵעַ בְּמֵת אוֹ הַמַּאֲהִיל אוֹ הַנּוֹשֵׂא. וְאֶחָד הַמֵּת וְאֶחָד שְׁאָר הַטֻּמְאוֹת הַפּוֹרְשׁוֹת מִן הַמֵּת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְנֶפֶשׁ לֹא יִטַּמָּא בְּעַמָּיו. וּכְבָר פֵּרַשְׁנוּ בְּהִלְכוֹת טֻמְאַת מֵת כָּל דְּבָרִים הַמְטַמְּאִין מִן הַמֵּת מִן הַתּוֹרָה אוֹ מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם:

Any priest who defiled himself for a corpse other than the six dead relatives specified in the Torah, or his wife, with witnesses and forewarning, is flogged, as it is said (Leviticus 21:1), "There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people." It is all one whether he touched the corpse, or overshadowed it, or carried it. And it is all one whether it was the corpse itself or the other impurities that separate from the corpse, for it is said, "There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people." And we have already explained in the Laws of Defilement by a Corpse all the things from a corpse that convey impurity, whether by the Torah or by the words of the Sages.

Halacha 2ב׳

וְכֵן אִם נָגַע הַכֹּהֵן בְּקֶבֶר לוֹקֶה. אֲבָל נוֹגֵעַ הוּא בִּבְגָדִים שֶׁנָּגְעוּ בְּמֵת אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמִּטַּמֵּא בָּהֶן טֻמְאַת שִׁבְעָה:

And likewise, if the priest touched a grave, he is flogged. But he may touch garments that have touched a corpse, even though he contracts through them the seven-day impurity.

Halacha 3ג׳

וְכֵן אִם נִכְנַס לְאֹהֶל טָמֵא שֶׁנִּכְנְסָה לוֹ הַטֻּמְאָה לוֹקֶה. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעַצְמָהּ שֶׁל טֻמְאָה בְּבַיִת אַחֵר. וּכְבָר בֵּאַרְנוּ כָּל הָאֹהָלִים שֶׁתִּכָּנֵס לָהֶן הַטֻּמְאָה אוֹ שֶׁתֵּצֵא מֵהֶן וְדִין הַסְּכָכוֹת וְהַפְּרָעוֹת. וְכָל הַדְּבָרִים הַמְּבִיאִין אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה וְהַחוֹצְצִין בִּפְנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה. וְאֵי זֶה מֵהֶן דִּין תּוֹרָה וְאֵי זֶה מֵהֶן מִדִּבְרֵיהֶן. הַכּל בְּהִלְכוֹת טֻמְאַת מֵת. וְשָׁם בֵּאַרְנוּ שֶׁאֵין עַכּוּ"ם מְטַמְּאִין בְּאֹהֶל וּלְפִיכָךְ קִבְרוֹתֵיהֶם טְהוֹרִים וּמֻתָּר לְכֹהֵן לִכָּנֵס לְשָׁם וְלִדְרֹךְ עַל קִבְרוֹתֵיהֶם. וְאֵינוֹ אָסוּר אֶלָּא שֶׁיִּגַּע בַּטֻּמְאָה אוֹ שֶׁיִּשָּׂאֶנָּה כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ שָׁם:

And likewise, if he entered an impure tent into which the impurity has entered, he is flogged, even though the impurity itself is in another house. And we have already explained all the tents into which impurity enters or from which it goes out, and the law of overhanging boughs and of projecting ledges, and all the things that bring impurity and that interpose before impurity, and which of them is the law of the Torah and which of them is from the words of the Sages — all of it in the Laws of Defilement by a Corpse. And there we explained that gentiles do not convey impurity by a tent, and that therefore their graves are pure, and a priest is permitted to enter there and to tread upon their graves; and it is forbidden to him only that he touch the impurity or that he carry it, as we explained there.