Our parsha opens with a commandment directed to the Kohanim, warning them to stay far away from any corpse so they do not become impure. This commandment is specific to kohanim; the loftiness of their souls and their bond to the pure life-force of spirituality makes them particularly susceptible to damage by the impurity of death, an impurity born of the absence of this life-force and its spiritual presence. In introducing this prohibition, Hashem tells Moshe “Speak to the Kohanim,…