Identifying Deceased Husband via Simanim to Permit Agunah to Remarry

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yehuda Leib

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The Chasam Sofer rules that the wife of Michal Steckler is permitted to remarry based on a combination of evidence: the distinctive ankle-bone deformity as a potential siman muvhak, the combination of colors across all non-lendable garments as a valid siman not subject to the borrowing concern, and the extreme remoteness of the borrowing scenario given a receipt found in the pocket and Michal's presence nearby shortly before death. He defers final concurrence to the Gaon of Banihard, after which a beis din of three should formally issue the heter.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer EH I §95

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