Responsa for Pesachim 83:17
זה הכלל כל שהוא ממין דגן הרי זה עובר בפסח הרי אלו באזהרה ואין בהן משום כרת:
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>NOW THE FOLLOWING [THINGS] MUST BE REMOVED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they must not be used; lit., 'they must pass away' (R. Tam. and Jast.) . Rashi: (On account of) the following things you transgress the injunctions, (leaven) 'shall not be seen' and (leaven) 'shall not be found' (in the house) .');"><sup>20</sup></span> ON PASSOVER: BABYLONIAN KUTAH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 95, nn. 7 and 8.');"><sup>21</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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