Responsa for Yevamot 240:1
סימן מובהק קא מיפלגי מר סבר סימן מובהק ומר סבר לאו סימן מובהק
constitutes a distinct<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] rt. [H] 'to shine', 'glisten'. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> identification mark<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And may consequently serve as proof even in pentateuchal prohibitions. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> that they differ. One Master is of the opinion that it constitutes a distinct identification mark,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And may consequently serve as proof even in pentateuchal prohibitions. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A went to a village and expected to return the same day. He did not return, and on that day a murdered man was found in the nearby forest. Although the body was unrecognizable as it had been mutilated by dogs, it was identified as A's body for the following reasons: (a) People said that a Jew was murdered; (b) the garments on the dead body were recognized as belonging to A; (c) A's wife identified a mole on the dead body as the one her husband had. May A's wife remarry?
A. Neither a general rumor, nor the finding of one's garments on a dead body, are sufficient to establish the death of an individual. But a woman is believed when she identifies her husband's body through a mole. A's wife may, therefore, remarry.
SOURCES: Pr. 371.
A. Neither a general rumor, nor the finding of one's garments on a dead body, are sufficient to establish the death of an individual. But a woman is believed when she identifies her husband's body through a mole. A's wife may, therefore, remarry.
SOURCES: Pr. 371.
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