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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 335: Negative Commandment 166

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Important Message Regarding This Lesson

The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.

Negative Commandment 166 (Digest)
A Priest's Ritual Purity

"He shall not become impure for the dead among his people"Leviticus 21:1.

A kohen (priest) may not contract ritual impurity through contact with a human corpse. The exception to this rule are his next of kin [—his father, mother, brother, unmarried sister, son and daughter. The Sages added his wife to the list].

This prohibition only applies to male priests.

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