<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-size:12.8px">If it is really a problem for a Kohen to fly over a cemetary then I don't</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">understand how Kohanim fly anywhere. Take a flight from Israel to NY. The</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">plane flies over much of Western Europe and England, there are any number</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">of Jewish cemetaries there who says that the plane doesn't fly over one of</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">them. When they get close to NY all of the flights to JFK fly over Long</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Island which has a number of large Jewish cemeteries, Again, who says that</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the planes don't fly over them. Since it's an issur d'oraysa we should say</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">sefeka d'raysa l'chumra.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I have a few questions related to this.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Is the problem with the Holon cemetary because the plane flies low over teh</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cemetery (close to takeoff)?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Is there any sevara to say that the tumah doesn't reach the height of</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">planes to 30,000+ feet? If not what about in orbit? What about on the moon? >></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">first not everyone agrees with the psak of R Karelitz. Among the reasons are precisely that perhaps tumah does not really go on "forever". In addition to questions about the moon how about accounting for the curvature of the earth? </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">As we have have pointed out in the past numerous poskim state that :ma-shehu" on Pesach should not be taken literally, i.e. a nano particle of chametz is not prohinted. Similarly tumah rises as far as a person can see with a naked eye. One woulkd need to check how high the plane is over the Holon cemetery I have also seen other reasons for allowing a cohen to fly over a cemetery.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">RMF says that there is a question of the status of the modern materials that a plane is made out of - are they halachic metals?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">In any case the problem with the Holon cemetery is that the flight path is well known. It is highly unlikely to be flying over a Jewish grave in Europe and we wouldn't prohibit the flight based on a far fetched safek. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">see for example</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1026">http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1026</a></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">a detailed discussion - in Hebrew appears in</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.elhamikdash.com/49876/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D---%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A3-">http://www.elhamikdash.com/49876/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D---%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A3-</a></span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">As a generality I highly recommend the site of olamot that has hundreds of topics with sources.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The main problem with the site is that each discussion is a collection of source material with no connection between the various materials</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">For the specific topic of kohanim flying over a cemetery see</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://olamot.net/shiur/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D">http://olamot.net/shiur/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D</a></span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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