טומאת אוהל לכהן

A Cohen is prohibited to come in direct contact with a corpse, also if we are dealing with a non-Jewish body, but he does not come in direct contact with the bodies unless he is in the same building with the body. As you know, there is a difference between a Jewish and a non-Jewish body.

The halachic guide lines rule that in a place where you can’t know if the body is Jewish or non-Jewish you should go by the majority.

In the case of a circumcised body, one must check if the majority of circumcised people in that area are Jewish or non-Jews. This factor is variable from state to state in the USA – 50-90 percent of the newborns that are not Jewish are circumcised. In the US there will be a lot of places that even though the body is circumcised if you can’t know if the body is of a Jew, he will be regarded as a non-Jew. On the other hand, to the best of my knowledge, in England the situation is different. Although the British Royal Family did circumcise their newborns, the percentage of circumcised people in the non-Jewish community is very low. It is obvious that in England the “Rov” – obvious majority – of the circumcised people are Jewish.

That is way any circumcised body in England should be related to as a Jewish corpse, regarding “Deanai Tumah”.