Commentary for Yevamot 143:16
ת"ש טומטום אינו אוכל לא בתרומה ולא בקדשים בשלמא לאביי תנא רישא ערל ודאי וקתני סיפא ספק ערל
If it be suggested, by betrothing them; for it was taught. 'If a <i>tumtum</i> betrothed a woman, his betrothal is valid and if he was betrothed by a man his betrothal is also valid',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the latter case the man is forbidden to marry the tumtum's mother or sister; and in either case the betrothal may be annulled by a letter of divorce only. Tosef. Yeb. XI. Bek. 42b. ');"><sup>41</sup></span> it might be retorted that the validity was intended only as a restrictive measure;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To require, for instance, a letter of divorce. Cf. supra note 1. ');"><sup>42</sup></span> was it, however, intended also as a relaxation of a law?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To allow an Israelite woman to eat terumah by virtue of the tumtum's doubtful manhood. ');"><sup>43</sup></span>
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