Does the Torah mean everything it says?

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and then on him at the Yes, I do. So, coming in contact with the dead, I thought that physically touching them, but you're talking to Coming in contact with the dead is any way that a person can become coming that would come from either coming within four cubits of a grave or a cemetery. It would come from without a fence in between or some sort of separation. It would come from touching or even being within the same under the same roof as a dead body would be enough would be forbidden for a coming. Um Cohen Cohen who wants to be a doctor is not allowed to practice on cadavers. Same problem, right? Cuz they're coming in contact with the dead. Yes. What about going to So, going to a mikveh does not make a person ritually pure from coming in contact came in contact with their close relatives. Even so, before they still can do it again. I think we once did a class on it. I don't know. I believe we once did a class on And you have a close friend that passed away and nobody else knows It's very challenging for a Cohen and it can be challenging for a Cohen and it can be and in fact, I have some friends that are rabbis that are Cohens and uh run into a problem. They cannot do any funerals. They have the neighboring rabbi do all of all the community funerals for them. Um it is challenging. Um I spoke class I gave this morning. I already shared this, but I'll share it again. Um we had a family here in the community who was a Cohen, very proud Cohen, and who passed away and we did the funeral and then the family asked me if I could do an unveiling. And I said

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1. 0:00and then on him at the Yes, I do. So, coming in contact with the dead,…
2. 0:31Cohen who wants to be a doctor is not allowed to practice on cadavers. Same problem,…
3. 1:01challenging for a Cohen and it can be and in fact, I have some friends that…
4. 1:32And I said the problem is that the Cohens brothers and sons are Cohening. And uh…
5. 2:29with our question is um does the Torah always mean what it says? The Torah includes…
6. 3:30polarity, but they are value or read what it says. Sometimes people come at me with…
7. 4:01decipher the code of the Torah. Now, the Torah written Torah was written in code, but…
8. 4:32fact, we believe that when the Jewish people came to Mount Sinai, um and Mo- Hashem…
9. 5:04taught to him. So, now he comes down and he begins to teach the people the…
10. 5:35WHEN THEY OPEN THE TORAH SCROLL and they see what it says, they're not just reading,…

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