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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>From:
"Moshe Y. Gluck" <A
href="mailto:mgluck@gmail.com">mgluck@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>>>Would
someone kindly explain the Metzius of the situation? The Gemara talks<BR>about
Ohel Zaruk, and boxes, so I assume that there must be something<BR>else here
that makes R' RW raise this
question.<<<BR><BR>KT,<BR>MYG<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>This whole thread has been puzzling to me, halachically, historically and
sociologically. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And is it OK for kohanim to visit other kevarim or only those of their
rebbe?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
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