Yeshivish glossary term
tumas meis
טומאת מת
Meaning
- ritual impurity associated with a corpse
- corpse impurity
Alternate spellings
tumat met
Usage and context
A technical ritual-purity category especially relevant to kohanim and burial settings.
- Category
- mourning - burial
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
A kohen has to be careful about tumas meis.
Plain-English example
A kohen must be careful about ritual impurity associated with contact or proximity to the dead.