Commentary for Bava Batra 310:3

וכי לא נולדו לו סימני סריס עד כמה תני ר' חייא עד רוב שנותיו כי אתא לקמיה דרבי חייא אי כחיש אמר להו ליברי ואי אברי אמר להו ליכחוש דהני סימני זמנין דאתו מחמת כחישותא זמנין דאתו מחמת בריותא

only [applies to the case] where [other] symptoms of a saris<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 673. n, 13. ');">¹¹</span> [also] appeared on his body!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If these additional symptoms of a saris, however, did not appear. he is regarded as a minor provided the 'two hairs' have also not appeared. Hence an examination of the corpse could well reveal whether he was still a minor or not. ');">¹²</span> Raba said: [This; may] also [be arrived at by] deduction. For it was taught, 'And he [becomes] a saris', from which [this]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the additional symptoms of a saris apart from the absence of two hairs are required. ');">¹³</span> may [well] be deduced. And. [in the case] where no symptoms of a saris developed, how long [is one regarded a minor]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If two hairs did not appear. ');">¹⁴</span>

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