Responsa for Yevamot 240:11
רבא אמר בסכין מלובנת ודברי הכל:
— Waters are different since they irritate the wound.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this makes survival in the first case (cf, supra n. 2 final clause) impossible. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> But, surely, Rabbah b. Bar Hana related: I myself have seen an Arab merchant who took hold of a sword and cut open the arteries of his camel, but this did not cause it to cease its cry!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Till the actual moment of death, which shows that even after the cutting of its arteries an animal may still live. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> — Abaye replied: That [camel] was a lean animal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the wound was not deep. ');"><sup>30</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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