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.
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Daily Mitzvah
Day 335: Negative Commandment 166
Important Message Regarding This Lesson
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.
Translation of (the unabridged text of) Sefer Hamitzvot by Rabbi Berel Bell, member of the Rabbinical Court of Montreal and director of Teacher Training for the Jewish Learning Institute.
From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.
From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.
Rambam Study Tracks
Daily Quote
Certain opportunities and potentials are so lofty that they cannot be accessed by the conscious self and they can only come about "by mistake." An example of this is the mitzvah of "shikchah" (Deuteronomy 24:19) which can only be fulfilled by forgetting
–The Chassidic Masters
The Parshah