Commentary for Bava Batra 280:8

ורבא אמר דוחין אותו ויש לו וסיפא אתאן לרבן שמעון בן גמליאל (דתניא) ילדה טומטום ואנדרוגינוס רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין קדושה חלה עליהן

GEMARA [How can it be said that the males] REFER HIM [to the females] and he [presumably] receives [maintenance] as a daughter. Seeing that in the latter clause it states: IF SHE BORE A <i>TUMTUM</i>, HE RECEIVES NOTHING! — Abaye replied: THEY REFER HIM [to the females] and he receives nothing. Raba, however, said: THEY REFER HIM and he does receive [maintenance]; and the latter clause [of our Mishnah]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to which the tumtum receives nothing. ');">¹⁸</span> represents the view<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'we arrive'. ');">¹⁹</span> of Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel. For we learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ter. 24b; cf. Tosaf. Yeb. 83b. s.v., [H] ');">²⁰</span>

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