Commentary for Shabbat 272:5

ומנלן דלא מיערך דתניא הזכר ולא טומטום ואנדרוגינוס יכול לא יהא בערך איש אבל יהא בערך אשה תלמוד לומר הזכר ואם נקבה היא זכר ודאי נקבה ודאית ולא טומטום ואנדרוגינוס

R. JUDAH PERMITS, etc. R. Shizbi said in R. Hisda's name: Not in respect of everything did R. Judah rule [that] an hermaphrodite is a male; for if you do say thus, in the case of vows of valuation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Arakin, — vows whereby one offers his own or another person's 'valuation,' to the Temple. The valuations were fixed and dependent on the age and sex of the person concerned, v. Lev. XXVII, 1ff ');">⁸</span> let him be subject to valuation — And how do we know that he is not subject to 'valuation'? Because it was taught: '[And thy estimation shall be of] the male [from twenty years old, etc.]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVII, 3. ');">⁹</span> but not a <i>tumtum</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One whose genitals are hidden or undeveloped, so that his sex is doubtful. In Bek. 42a the Talmud deletes 'tumtum' from this passage. ');">¹⁰</span> or an hermaphrodite. You might think that he does not come within the valuation of a man, yet he does come within the valuation of a woman; therefore it is stated,&nbsp;… the male&nbsp;… and if it be a female:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 4. ');">¹¹</span> a certain male, a certain female, but not a <i>tumtum</i> or a hermaphrodite'. —

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