
Impurity of a Corpse - Tumat Meit
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A corpse is considered to be of the "Father" Level of Impurity: Bava Kama 2a-b
If a piece of a corpse is wrapped up, without an empty space between the corpse and the wrapping, its impurity penetrates the wrapping upward and downward [boka'at v'olah, boka'at v'yoredet]: Keritot 21b
Any item which can contract Impurity via Trampling/Riding/Sitting/Lying can contract Death-Impurity: Succah 20a
Does a moving rooved structure [Ohel Zaruk] constitute a rooved structure, in interrupting the passage of impurity: Eruvin 30b-31a
Considering a corpse to be food, to communicate tumat ochlin: Keritot 21a-b
Combining food, an egg-sized amount of which is subject to tumat ochlin, with a piece of a dead person, an olive-sized amount of which is subject to tumat meit: Keritot 21a-b
Combining a piece of a corpse with dough in which it is wrapped, to reach the olive-sized amount with which it will communicate impurity: Keritot 21b
Impurity of a Corpse in a Rooved Structure
The status of Pottery vessels in the structure: Shabbat 84b
Impurity of the body of a Corpse
Where the flesh was digested by an animal: Menachot 69b
After decomposition: Temurah 34a
Impurity of one who has come in contact with a Corpse