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I am a kohen living in a high rise apartment. Many, possibly most people in the building are Jewish, many elderly. I recently learned that an old Jewish lady in the building died. I never knew her personally. I don’t know exactly when she died or if I was at home at the time. But I went to the shiva and heard she died at home. I want to know for future reference, if someone dies in the building and I am aware of it, do I have to leave the building until the corpse is removed?

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I am a kohein. A few months ago, I started a job as the activities director for a nursing home that is not Jewish owned, but has a lot of Jewish residents. Every now and then, a resident dies, and it can take hours before a deceased resident is removed from the building. As a kohein, I know I am not supposed to be in the building when there is a dead body present. But my boss won’t let me leave. What am I supposed to do about this?

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According to Baal Shem Tov, the Rappaport family lineage is truly traced back to the priestly class, Kohanem, all the way to Ezra and eventually to the first Temple. Is there any truth to this??????

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How are Priests selected among the descendants of Aaron for a synagouge?

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Shalom, I am a Kohen. After Shabbat I went to visit a neighbor’s house for the first time. While I was there I noticed a cabinet with photos of a woman and a card with her name, photo and year of birth and death. I walked right by it to the dining room. At the time I thought absolutely nothing of it. There were so many other things on my mind and it passed my innocent mind. Later I overheard another friend of mine being told to stop bouncing a ball in the residence. He was told: “Oh you shouldn’t bounce balls nearby the altar!” It became clear to me that cabinet with the photos was turned into a type of altar and shrine to her. This seems wrong to me. Especially as a Kohen. I have never had this happen to me and I had no clue what to do. I want to do the right thing and not lie to myself or turn a blind eye. Rabbi, how should I view this situation?