Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Pesachim 83:7

לא קשיא הא דנפישי דקוו הא דלא נפישי דלא קוו

but you may not pour [it] out on broken [ground].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: Broken ground contains shallows and cavities where the water will gather. Instead of soaking in, and will thereby cause fermentation. Jast.: the place where water poured out would remain stagnant.');"><sup>8</sup></span> While another [Baraitha] taught: You may pour [it] out on broken ground? - There is no difficulty: here it means that it [the water] is abundant, so that it collects;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it may not be poured out there.');"><sup>9</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.
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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.
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