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Caring For Dead Loved Ones
Despite their focus on life, priests are permitted to attend to their closest relatives in death.
The Centrality of Kavod HaMet (Honoring the Dead)
Jewish mourning practices center more on the deceased than on concern for the living.
Jewish Priests (Kohanim) and Caring for the Dead
Although priests cannot have any contact with death, exceptions are made for their immediate relatives.