Commentary for Niddah 50:1
וטורדין אותו אלא בודקין אותו בשמן שהשמן רך ומצחצחו
and disturbs its shape. It must rather be examined in oil because oil is mild and makes it clear. Furthermore, it must be examined in sunlight only. How is it to be examined? 'How is it to be examined' [you ask]! Of course as has just been described. — Rather, wherewith is it to be examined in order to ascertain whether it was male or female? — Abba Saul b. Nashor, as others say, Abba Saul b. Ramash replied: One brings a splinter with a smooth top and moves it [in an upward direction] in that place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Euphemism. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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