Meit Mitzvah - Burying a Body which has no Buriers
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General Issues of Burial
Defining a "Body which has no Buriers"
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
Importance of burying this person
Burial of this corpse is an issue of
respect for other creatures
: Megillah 3b
The Burial
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
Special laws for such a burial
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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