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Why is the tumah caused by contact with a corpse so severe, to the extent “Well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the
that one who desists from purifying himself deserves death by karet?Why people excavated, through a lawgiver, with their
is the tent where the corpse was, as well as all its contents, also defiled, staffs. From the Wilderness toward Matanah”
even if it did not come into contact with the dead? (Bamidbar 21:18)
Even Shlomo Hamelech, wisest of all men, could not comprehend the
reason for the parah adumah. The Torah commands a king to write two
Sifrei Torah. One is to be kept in his treasury, and the other is to
accompany him wherever he goes. This is to prevent him from becoming
arrogant. The mitzvah of parah adumah, contained in it, is an enigma.
This proves to the king that his comprehension is limited.

An invalid Sefer Torah must be buried. A person is compared to a Sefer
Torah. He must make sure never to become empty of Torah, and thus fit
for burial.
When a person dies, the kelippah adheres to him. The kelippah is
nourished by remnants of kedushah and the residue of mitzvot which are
still attached to the body. Due to this force of impurity, the corpse defiles
those in its proximity.
Tzaddikim are called living even after they die. Their bodies do not defile
others. Since we are not capable of discerning who is a true tzaddik, we
consider all dead bodies to confer tumah.The kelippah cannot adhere to
the tzaddik because his merits chase it away. It therefore hovers over the
tent, conferring tumah on everything that is inside, as well as on the tent
itself.

The Torah study of the tzaddikim escorts them on High after their death.
This is learned from the fact that the death of Moshe Rabbeinu is written
at the end of the Torah, and not where it belongs chronologically.

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