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July 22, 2010 9:06 pm at 9:06 pm
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Dave Hirsch
Participant
Although I am not a Rabbi, I’d like to present you with the fact (in Halacha) about ‘Tumas Nochri B’Ohel’.
Although the Rambam and Tur originally state that corpses of non-Jews (via Ohel) as well as their graves do not transmit Tumah, they still write that a Kohen should refrain, and so does the Rema rule (YD:372). Some Achronim permit when it is in place of a Mitzvah. You may argue that taking your children (Chinuch?) to ‘Liberty Science Center’ is a Mitzvah…