Responsa for Niddah 116:63
עיר שיש בה חזירים אין חוששין לכתמים
that we adopt a meaning that leads to a restriction and not one that leads to a relaxation, but here the meaning must be in agreement with a ruling of R. Abbahu, R. Abbahu having ruled: All prescribed minima of the Sages are intended to impose restrictions, except the prescribed size of a split bean in the case of bloodstains which is intended to relax the law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the inclusion of the terminus in the ruling of our Mishnah. ');"><sup>54</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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