daf bit: Nazir 49
May. 8th, 2008 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioIf a nazarite becomes ritually impure, he must shave, wait to become
ritually pure, and start over. What are the things that can make
him ritually impure? The mishna says contact with a corpse or
parts (or derivatives) thereof. What is contact? Touching, being
under the same roof as, or being above or below a corpse (without an
intervening roof). (49b)
This list has a lot in common with contact forbidden to kohanim. I don't know if that's just a similarity or if there is some causal link; I could imagine seeing priests as being akin to nazarites in that they are dedicated to ritual service, though most are not actual nazarites. (The bit about being above a body without a roof intervening is why some kohanim will not fly over graveyards. I have no idea if floors on multi-story buildings count as roofs; does a kohein have to worry about the apartment below his?)
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Date: 2008-05-08 03:09 pm (UTC)