Commentary for Arakhin 3:5
מופלא סמוך לאיש
SEX AND HERMAPHRODITES ARE FIT TO VOW [ANOTHER'S WORTH], OR TO HAVE THEIR WORTH VOWED, AND ARE FIT TO EVALUATE, BUT THEY ARE NOT FIT TO BE MADE THE SUBJECTS OF VALUATION, FOR THE SUBJECT OF VALUATION MAY BE ONLY A PERSON DEFINITELY EITHER MALE OR FEMALE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture refers (ibid.) to 'male' and 'female', but persons whose sex cannot be determined are excluded from the valuation.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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