Responsa for Niddah 115:8
לא מיבעיא קאמר לא מיבעיא גלימא דלא מבדק שפיר ואיכא למימר מעלמא אתא אלא אפילו קרקע דמבדק שפיר דאיכא למימר מגופה אתיא טהור
the woman is subject to the same law? — This is a case of an implied climax:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'there is no question, he implied'. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A Gentile woman poured wine without touching it into a bottle or glass, thinking it was whiskey.
A. Since she did not touch the wine and did not know that it was wine, we assume that she did not discover its true nature by its odor. For our wines are clear and weak in comparison with the wines of the talmudic period. Therefore, the use of the wine, even the wine she poured into the bottle, is permitted.
SOURCES: B. p. 296 no. 390; Mordecai Hagadol p. 118b.
A. Since she did not touch the wine and did not know that it was wine, we assume that she did not discover its true nature by its odor. For our wines are clear and weak in comparison with the wines of the talmudic period. Therefore, the use of the wine, even the wine she poured into the bottle, is permitted.
SOURCES: B. p. 296 no. 390; Mordecai Hagadol p. 118b.
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