Editing Mesechtas Yevamot (section)

==== An Engaged Wife Does Not Become Impure for Him ====
The Gemara states: "For his betrothed wife, he (the Kohen) does not mourn and does not become impure for her, and similarly she does not mourn and does not become impure for him." Rashi explains: "And does not become impure - she does not need to handle him, etc. This is what I heard. But it seems to me that 'does not become impure' means, for example, on a festival when Israelites are warned about impurity as in 'you shall not touch their carcasses.'"

The Rebbe notes from this that caution regarding impurity on a festival is not because of entering the Temple and going up for the festival and bringing the olat reiyah (pilgrimage burnt offering) - because women are not obligated in all this, as these are time-bound positive commandments. Furthermore: the fact that the betrothed woman "does not become impure for him" is simply equivalent to "and does not become impure" for the betrothed Kohen, and the prohibition of corpse impurity for a Kohen applies not only in the Land of Israel but also outside it, and even when the Temple is not standing. And therefore it is understood that also the fact that the betrothed woman "does not become impure for him" (due to the obligation to purify oneself on a festival) also applies outside the Land of Israel, and even when the Temple is not standing.
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