Responsa for Pesachim 83:3
אמר לו רבי לבר קפרא מאי משמע
but thou mayest not dedicate unblemished [animals] for the Temple repair.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since they are fit for the higher sanctity of sacrifices.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Hence it was said, Whoever dedicates unblemished [animals] for the Temple repair transgresses an affirmative precept - I only know [that he transgresses] an affirmative precept: whence do we know [that he transgresses also] a negative injunction?
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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