[Avodah] Noach and Lashon T'horah

[saul mashbaum]

RISober wrote:

>It is not assur to  become tamei, and some important mitzvot (like pru urvu and caring for and
>burying the dead) require one to become tamei.

To this we may add the process of the para adumah; in order to effect this tahara, the Kohen himself had to become tamei.

I think that the haskafic implications of the fact that the Kohen had to defile himself in a minor way in order to effect a major purification of many people is obvious.

Saul Mashbaum