[Avodah] May Kohanim visit the Rebbe's Ohel by means of a "box"?

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From:  "Moshe Y. Gluck" _mgluck at gmail.com_ (mailto:mgluck at gmail.com) 

>>Would  someone kindly explain the Metzius of the situation? The Gemara talks
about  Ohel Zaruk, and boxes, so I assume that there must be something
else here  that makes R' RW raise this  question.<<

KT,
MYG


>>>>>
This whole thread has been puzzling to me, halachically, historically and  
sociologically. 
 
My whole life I have known that kohanim don't go to cemeteries.  I've  been 
married to a kohen for 30 years, and that's just how it is -- kohanim  don't go 
to lavayos, they don't go to cemeteries, they don't even go to their  own 
parents' graves.  In fact, kohanim are buried at the edge of the  cemetery so 
their kohen relatives can "visit" them from across the way without  having to 
actually enter the cemetery.
 
Now all of a sudden it turns out that kohanim do go to cemeteries, no big  
deal, and have always done so, and the Gemara talks about it.  All  they need is 
a box, a common priestly accouterment, readily attained, I would  assume, at 
the funeral home or at your nearest Kohanim-R-Us supply store.
 
Naturally I have to wonder if this is one of those things we have "always"  
known and "always" done that people really only started doing with the  passing 
of the last Lubavitcher rebbe.
 
And is it OK for kohanim to visit other kevarim or only those of their  rebbe?

 

--Toby  Katz
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