Responsa for Niddah 116:10
שחטה בהמה חיה ועוף נתעסקה בכתמים או שישבה בצד העסוקין בהן הרגה מאכולת הרי זו תולה בה
IF [FOR INSTANCE] SHE HAD SLAIN A DOMESTIC BEAST, A WILD ANIMAL OR A BIRD, IF SHE WAS HANDLING BLOODSTAINS OR SAT BESIDE THOSE WHO HANDLED THEM. OR IF SHE KILLED A LOUSE. SHE MAY ATTRIBUTE THE BLOODSTAIN TO IT. HOW LARGE A STAIN MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO A LOUSE?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., until how much may she attribute?' ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A community summoned A to court and ordered that he answer the summons before a specified date, which date was extended to the first day of the (next) month, or be guilty of transgressing against a [community], solemn decree. Is the first day of the month included in the period given A to answer the summons of the community?
A. The community is entitled to consider the period given to A to answer its summons, as extending only up to, but not including, the first day of the month.
SOURCES: Pr. 825.
A. The community is entitled to consider the period given to A to answer its summons, as extending only up to, but not including, the first day of the month.
SOURCES: Pr. 825.
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