Status of Blood on Unchecked Cloth When Hargashah Was Felt

Date: 1800

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Unknown recipient

Description

The Chasam Sofer rules that when a woman experiences hargashah and subsequently checks with an unchecked cloth finding blood, she is fully impure as a niddah regardless of the blood's size. He further rules that hargashah requires the specific sensation of the opening of the uterine os, not merely a general sensation of liquid flow, a position he reports was confirmed by the tradition of the Noda BiYehudah.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer YD §167

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