Responsa for Niddah 116:15
אם יש בה מכה והיא יכולה להגלע ולהוציא דם הרי זו תולה
COULD OPEN AGAIN AND BLEED SHE MAY ATTRIBUTE IT TO IT. A WOMAN ONCE CAME TO R. AKIBA AND SAID TO HIM: I HAVE OBSERVED A BLOODSTAIN'. 'HAD YOU PERHAPS', HE SAID TO HER. 'A WOUND?' YES'. SHE REPLIED, 'BUT IT HAS HEALED'. IS IT POSSIBLE HE AGAIN ASKED HER, THAT IT COULD OPEN AGAIN AND BLEED?' 'YES', SHE REPLIED; AND R. AKIBA DECLARED HER CLEAN. OBSERVING THAT HIS DISCIPLES LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN ASTONISHMENT. HE SAID TO THEM, 'WHY DO YOU FIND THIS DIFFICULT, SEEING THAT THE SAGES DID NOT LAY DOWN THE RULE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' About bloodstains. ');"><sup>13</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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