What is the ruling on someone who preponderantly believes that ritual impurity has been removed from his hand; would his clothes be judged ritually impure upon contact with it?
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Giving in to obsessive thoughts leads to great evil. It is sufficient for removing impurity to have a strong presumption that it has been removed; certainty is not required. Doubting the transfer of impurity in the mentioned situation is among the obsessive thoughts for which there is no cure other than to repel them.
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