Editing Kohen (section)

===Other laws===
To this day, kohanim keep the prohibition ({{Bibleverse|Leviticus|21:1-4|HE}}) against becoming [[Tumah and taharah|ritually impure]] through proximity to a corpse (within the same room, at a cemetery, and elsewhere), except when the deceased is his immediate family member. Some Jewish cemeteries have special facilities to permit kohanim to participate in funerals or visit graves without becoming impure.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/885633/jewish/The-Kohens-Purity.htm The Kohen's Purity]</ref>

The [[presumption of priestly descent]] is used to help identify kohanim.

Other Jews are commanded to [[The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen|respect the priesthood]] in certain ways. One of these ways is that priests (and in their absence, occasionally Levites) are the first offered the opportunity to lead [[Birkat Hamazon]]. Unlike the general rule for aliyot, this offer - which is only a requirement according to some Rabbinic opinions - may be declined. There are other rules regarding the honoring of kohanim, even in the absence of the Temple, but generally these are waived (if they are even offered) by the kohen.