Commentary for Niddah 56:4

ראו לובן ואודם כאחת אין חייבין על ביאת מקדש אבל שורפין עליהם את התרומה

— 'Ulla replied: No; this may represent the view of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this, whose?' ');">⁷</span> R. Eliezer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is of the opinion that no offering in connection with an uncleanness may be brought unless the person affected is fully aware of the actual cause of his uncleanness? Similarly in the case cited, since the actual cause of uncleanness is unknown to the tumtum or to the androginos, no obligation of an offering is incurred. The Rabbis, however, who differ from R. Eliezer in subjecting one to the obligation of an offering even where the actual cause of the uncleanness is unknown, would equally subject the tumtum and the androginos to the obligation of an offering in the case cited. As the halachah is in agreement with the Rabbis who are in the majority, no authoritative support for Rab's statement is forthcoming from this Baraitha. ');">⁸</span>

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