Responsa for Pesachim 83:15
מתני׳ <big><strong>ואלו</strong></big> עוברין בפסח כותח הבבלי ושכר המדי וחומץ האדומי וזיתום המצרי וזומן של צבעים ועמילן של טבחים וקולן של סופרים
it? -Because it was taught: One may not wash barley on Passover; and if one did wash [them], if they split they are forbidden; if they did not split, they are permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Supra 40a. Thus though it may not be done in the first place, if done it is permitted as long as there are no signs of leavening, and the same applies here.');"><sup>17</sup></span> But R'Ashi says: Will you weave all these things in one web?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' You surely cannot bring all cases into one category.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Is a mourner permitted to grind wheat during the first week of mourning, if otherwise he would have no bread?
A. Even when the mourner has bread, but prefers it fresh, he is permitted to grind wheat.
SOURCES: Pr. 20; cf. Rashba I, 845; Mord. M.K. 929.
A. Even when the mourner has bread, but prefers it fresh, he is permitted to grind wheat.
SOURCES: Pr. 20; cf. Rashba I, 845; Mord. M.K. 929.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Wheat containing cracked grains (cracked by moisture) which constituted less than one-sixtieth of the whole was ground up before Passover. Is it permissible to eat such flour on Passover?
A. No, such flour is not fit for consumption on Passover. This Responsum is addressed to R. Hayyim.
SOURCES: L. 332; Rashba I, 831.
A. No, such flour is not fit for consumption on Passover. This Responsum is addressed to R. Hayyim.
SOURCES: L. 332; Rashba I, 831.
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