Responsa for Niddah 41:36
אלא לאו לרבי יהודה ופליג
And were you to reply that R. Judah differs only in respect of red and black but not in that of green or white [the question would arise:] For whose benefit then was green and white mentioned? If it be suggested: For that of the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to indicate that the Rabbis regard the woman in such cases as clean. ');"><sup>31</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
L has a wart in her vagina which bleeds during copulation and even when touched by the "examining rag". I am inclined to believe that L is ritually clean since we assume that her blood comes from the wart and not from the interior of the womb. During her regular period (of menstruation), if she definitely feels that the blood comes from the wart, she is ritually clean; otherwise she is unclean. At other times she is ritually clean even when she does not definitely feel that the blood comes from the wart. She can recognize the menses by a greater flow of blood than that which usually comes from the wart. At her menstruation period she must count the same number of days as hitherto. Moreover, knowing exactly where the wart is situated, she should be able to manipulate the "examining rag" in such a way as to discover whether there be present any menstrual blood.
SOURCES: Am II, 53; cf. Pr. 626; Mord. Niddah, 735. Cf. Maharil, Responsa 173.
SOURCES: Am II, 53; cf. Pr. 626; Mord. Niddah, 735. Cf. Maharil, Responsa 173.
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