Commentary for Kiddushin 49:7
רבי אומר אף הסירוס ורבי לשון לא ורמינהו הרי מי שהיה מזה ונתזה הזאה על פיו רבי אומר היזה וחכמים אומרים לא היזה
But that is identical with the [loss of the] membrum. Hence it surely means castration of the stones.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is the conclusion of R. Hisda's reply.');"><sup>11</sup></span> 'Rabbi said: Castration too'.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rabbi [Yehudah Hanasi] says that the slave goes free if he is castrated, but he does not seem to agree with Ben Azzai that he goes free if his tongue is cut off. But there is a baraita that seems to contradict this. This baraita is about sprinkling a person with the red heifer waters in order to purify him. According to Rabbi, if he is sprinkled in his mouth, which we at first interpret as on his tongue, then the sprinkling is considered valid. This implies that the tongue is an exposed organ and that a slave would go free if the master cut it off.
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