Commentary for Sanhedrin 72:6
הכל כשרין לדון דיני ממונות: הכל לאתויי מאי אמר רב יהודה לאתויי ממזר
— There is yet another [difference]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which completes the number of ten. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> for it has been taught: 'We do not appoint as members of the Sanhedrin, an aged man, a eunuch or one who is childless.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because such are more or less devoid of paternal tenderness Cf. Tosef Sanh. VII and X. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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