Commentary for Sanhedrin 131:16

מה להצד השוה שבהן שכן גדולתן גרמה להן

and a hermaphrodite [as being subject to this law]. '<i>That curseth his father and his mother:</i>' From this I know only [that he is punished for cursing] <i>his father and his mother</i>; whence do I know [the same] if he cursed his father without his mother or his mother without his father? — From the passage <i>his father and his mother he hath cursed: his blood shall be upon him</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the beginning of the sentence that curseth is in immediate proximity to his father; at the end, cursing is mentioned nearest to his mother, shewing that each is separate. ');">¹⁵</span>

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