A doubt does not remove a certainty

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A doubt does not remove a certainty

A doubt does not remove a certainty

A doubt or any assumption cannot replace something certain that is not in question.

(Does a doubt remove a certainty? But was it not taught: There was an incident with the maidservant of an olive presser in Rimmon, who miscarried into a pit, and a priest looked in to see whether it was male or female. The case came before the sages and they declared him pure, since a weasel and mongoose are commonly found there. Rashi: There is a doubt for leniency, but a certainty for prohibition. A doubt does not remove a certainty, for at first it was assumed forbidden. — Niddah 15b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין סָפֵק מוֹצִיא מִדַּי וַדַּאי

Definition (Hebrew)

סָפֵק בְּעִנְיָן מְסֻיָּם אוֹ הַשְׁעָרָה כָּלְשֶׁהִי אֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לְהַחֲלִיף דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא וַדָּאִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֻטָּל בְּסָפֵק. הָאֶפְשָׁרוּת הַוַּדָּאִית עֲדִיפָה עַל פְּנֵי הָאֶפְשָׁרוּת הַמֻּטֶּלֶת בְּסָפֵק.

(אֵין סָפֵק מוֹצִיא מִדַּי וַדָּאִי? וְהַתַּנְיָא: מַעֲשֵׂה בְּשִׁפְחָתוֹ שֶׁל מַסִּיק אֶחָד ברימון, שֶׁהֵטִילָה נָפַל לַבּוֹר, וּבָא כֹּהֵן וְהֵצִיץ בּוֹ לְיֶדַע אִם זֵכֶר אִם נְקֵבָה, וּבָא מַעֲשֵׂה לִפְנֵי חֲכָמִים וטהרוהו, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁחֻלְדָּה וּבַּרְדְּלָס מְצוּיִים שָׁם. רָשִׁ"י: סָפֵק להיתר וּוַדַּאי אָסוּר. אֵין סָפֵק מוֹצִיא מִדַּי וַדָּאִי, שהוחזק תחלה לאיסור "- נידה טוּ ע"ב)

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