A Sword Has the Same Status as a Corpse
Question
If one of the relatives of the deceased touched the corpse with his watch on, can he now enter a synagogue with the watch if there are Cohanim, given that the watch is made of metal, and ‘a sword has the same status as a corpse’, hence the watch is impure with the highest level of impurity (‘avi avot tumah’), and when he enters the room, all the priests become impure?
Answer
Priests have a custom to be lenient with the impurity of 'a sword has the same status as a a corpse'.
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