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    Midras uncleanness (Hebrew: טומאת מדרס) is one of the forms of ritual impurity in Judaism which can be transmitted by either an object or person. The term...
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  • Corpse uncleanness (Hebrew: tum'at met) is a state of ritual uncleanness described in Jewish halachic law. It is the highest grade of uncleanness, or defilement...
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  • yoledet (postpartum), is in a state of major impurity, and creates midras uncleanness by sitting and other activities (Leviticus 15:4, 15:9, 15:26). Another...
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  • this period is becomes a "carrier of tumah" (midras uncleanness). One who comes into contact with her midras, or her, during this period becomes ritually...
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  • the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible and is generally translated as "uncleanness" in English language Bibles such as the King James Version and the New...
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  • impurity), second in severity only to corpse uncleanness. Anything suffering from Av HaTumah ("Father of uncleanness"), such as carrion, the blood of a menstruate...
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  • (sacrifices). In the realm of tumah and taharah law, the zav can create a midras and is prohibited from entering specific areas of the Temple Mount. The...
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    Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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  • the cleansing of them that are in a state of separation, who for their uncleanness are separated from the congregation'. Thomas Coke noted that 'the heathens...
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  • Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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  • Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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  • meaning, such lands suffer from a severe grade of uncleanness, or what is known as a "Father of uncleanness" (as if the land itself had the same defilement...
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  • Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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    Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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  • sought in the form of a rabbinic hetter (permit) for the Kohen to become unclean. One primary source of lenient application focuses on the beraita of Evel...
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    performed, some wash their hands after donating blood. To remove corpse uncleanness after participating in a funeral procession or coming within four cubits...
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    Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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  • Hagalah Tevilat Kelim Hierarchy Av HaTumah Midras Sources of Impurity Keri Niddah Tzaraath Zav Zavah Corpse uncleanness Tumath eretz Ha'Amim Prohibition of Kohen...
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    been identif1ed which served as baths and were perhaps used for ... Unclean, unclean shall he be as long as he rejects the precepts of God: The language...
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