Meit Mitzvah - Burying a Body which has no Buriers

General Issues of Burial

This refers to a person who has no known heirs: Eruvin 17a-b
This refers to a case where no one responds when the person who finds the body calls out: Eruvin 17a-b

Burial of this corpse is an issue of respect for other creatures: Megillah 3b

Burying such a corpse wherever it is, regardless of ownership of the land: Eruvin 17a-b
What to do if the corpse is in a public plaza: Eruvin 17b
What to do if the corpse is in a plowed field: Eruvin 17b

Using a Torah's wrapping as a Shroud for a corpse without buriers: Megillah 26b
Whether the Head Kohen should make himself impure in order to bury a body which has no buriers: Megillah 3b
Whether this Mitzvah has precedence over the Reading of the Purim Story: Megillah 3b
Whether this Mitzvah has precedence over the Study of Torah: Megillah 3b
Whether this Mitzvah has precedence over the Temple Service: Megillah 3b
Whether this Mitzvah has precedence over the Pesach Offering: Berachot 19b; Megillah 3b
Whether this Mitzvah has precedence over the Mitzvah of Circumcision: Berachot 19b; Megillah 3b


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