Tumah is a state of ritual impurity in Halakha (Jewish law). A person or item which contracts tumah is said to be tamei, or "impure." Tumah can be received in the following manners: 1. * By contact with dead body i.e. tumat met, which, in addition to the body itself, includes significant parts of a body, soil in which the body decomposed, and others. 2. * By coming in contact with certain dead animals, including most insects and all lizards (enumerated in Leviticus, Chapter 11, verses 29 - 32). 3. * By contact with certain bodily fluids i.e. niddah, zav/zavah (See Leviticus Chapter 15) 4. * By giving birth to a child (the period of tumah is 7 days for a boy, followed by 33 days of taharah and 14 days for a girl followed by 66 days of taharah). 5. * By being present i