tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post3901355035947044178..comments2024-02-07T13:35:48.603-05:00Comments on Musings of a Jewish Bookseller: The unusual stringency of a "Gadol Ehad" when his wife went to the Mikvah, mentioned by Rabbi Avraham David Wahrman of Buczacz Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-36842012914485849602016-10-27T18:39:39.156-04:002016-10-27T18:39:39.156-04:00I venture to say that the "גדול אחד" doe...I venture to say that the "גדול אחד" does not refer to the author himself, rather it refers to someone in the Middle Ages.<br /><br />The problem was, that his young wife had scabs that were painful to remove, and he was concerned that they she would be untruthful about having removed them prior to immersion. <br /><br />ט"ז יורה דעה סימן קצח, ס"ק יד<br /> בעלת חטטין כו'... והביא רש"ל הג"ה אחת וז"ל, וגרב לגבי טבילה צריכה להסיר אף על פי שכואב לה הרבה, ואשתו של (מהרר"ק) [מהר"ח או"ז] היתה צריכה לעמוד לפניו ערומה שהיה רואה שלא היה גרב עליה, שלא היה מאמין לה שהיתה מסירה שהיתה נערה והיה כואב לה, וכן עשה השר מקוצי לאשתו עכ"ל<br /><br />This also quoted by the Bach (שם, סוף ד"ה דם יבש) and the Drisha (ibid.).IsraelReadernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-12983670968270758032016-10-27T17:38:11.879-04:002016-10-27T17:38:11.879-04:00This sefer was reprinted with a new typeset, and c...This sefer was reprinted with a new typeset, and can be found here: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/20112<br /><br />The quote in question, can be found here: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_20112_11.pdf<br /><br />IsraelReadernoreply@blogger.com