Commentary for Niddah 56:36

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that it was written, 'The male<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. prev. n., emphasis on 'the'. ');">⁵⁵</span> … And if it be a female',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVII, 4, emphasis on 'if'. ');">⁵⁶</span> but from the expression of 'male and female' alone neither<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. prev. n. ');">⁶¹</span> could have been excluded?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could it be implied supra that 'any Scriptural expression of " both="" male="" and="" female"="" serves="" to="" exclude="" the="" tumtum="" etc.'?="" ');"="">⁶²</span> — That text<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Male' and 'female' in the section of valuations. ');">⁶³</span> is required

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