Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 199:4

אביי אמר לא קשיא כאן שמת קודם חצות כאן שמת לאחר חצות קודם חצות דלא איחזי לפסח חיילא עליה אנינות אחר חצות דאיחזי לפסח לא חיילא עליה אנינות

And how do you know that we differentiate between [death] before midday and [death] after midday? - Because it was taught: For her shall he defile himself:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 3. This refers to a priest, who may not defile himself for the dead, except for certain near relations, e.g., father and mother etc. 'Her' means an unmarried sister, and, according to the Rabbis, his wife ('his kin that is near to him,' v. 2) .');">⁶</span> this is obligatory; if he does not wish to, we defile him by force. Now, the wife of Joseph the priest happened to die on the eve of Passover, and he did not wish to defile himself, whereupon his brother priests took a vote and defiled him by force.

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