An impure priest eats ritually pure terumah while witnesses watch and warn him. What is his punishment?
An impure priest who eats pure terumah is liable for death at the hand of heaven. When warned by witnesses, he receives lashes on the earthly plane — which atones for the heavenly liability (Halachah 1, citing Leviticus 22:9).
Question 2
After immersing to purify himself, when may an impure priest first partake of terumah?
The verse 'the sun will set and he will become pure' is interpreted to mean the sky must be pure of light — i.e., three stars are visible. This nightfall wait is a stringency beyond many other purity laws (Halachah 2).
Question 3
Why does a camel-rider need to immerse and wait until nightfall before eating terumah?
The Rambam rules that the physical stimulation from riding on camel flesh produces a drop of semen, creating a presumption of ritual impurity. Therefore the rider must immerse and wait until nightfall (Halachah 6).
Question 4
For terumah separated in the Diaspora, which of the following persons does NOT need to immerse before partaking?
Since Diaspora terumah is only Rabbinic, the Sages were lenient: only those impure from bodily discharge must immerse. Those impure through contact with a human corpse — an impurity impossible to fully purge today without Red Heifer ashes — need not immerse at all (Halachah 8).
Question 5
A priest with maimed testicles was married before his injury and had no intimacy with his wife afterward. What is her status regarding terumah?
A wife becomes a chalalah — and thus disqualified — only through actual forbidden intimacy. Since no such intimacy occurred after the injury, she remains a valid priestly wife and may eat terumah (Halachah 13).