If Person A touches a corpse and Person B touches Person A after A separates from the corpse, how long is Person B impure?
Halacha 2: By Torah law, Person B (touching a tamei meit after separation) is impure only until evening. The verse 'the soul that touches will be impure until evening' applies to secondary contact.
Question 2
Vessels A and B are touching a corpse simultaneously. Vessel C touches Vessel B. How long are A, B, and C impure?
Halacha 4: Both vessels directly touching the corpse (A and B) are impure for seven days. Vessel C, touching one of them, is the third in the chain — only until evening.
Question 3
Can an earthenware vessel that touched a corpse make another vessel impure?
Halacha 6: An earthenware vessel never becomes an av hatumah. It contracts impurity but cannot transmit it to other people or vessels — this is Scriptural Law.
Question 4
If a person who contracted corpse impurity stands over (makes ohel over) some vessels, do those vessels become impure?
Halacha 14: A person who contracted impurity from a corpse (tamei meit) only imparts impurity through touch. Standing over vessels does not render them impure.
Question 5
The tent/ohel itself that was over a corpse — what impurity does it receive?
Halacha 12: The ohel itself that covers a corpse (if made of cloth, sackcloth, wood kli, or hide) becomes impure for seven days — Scripture says 'and he shall sprinkle on the tent' — it is like garments that touched a corpse.