Commentary for Yevamot 143:5

א"ר הונא דבר תורה משוך אוכל בתרומה ומדבריהם גזרו עליו מפני שנראה כערל

is an essential.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of the plague of the firstborn which brought deliverance to the oppressed; and so also in respect of the blessings of the North wind without which life would be intolerable. Cf. Rashi, a.l. ');">¹²</span> R. Huna said: A <i>mashuk</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (rt. [H] 'to draw'), a circumcised person whose prepuce has been drawn forward to cover up the corona. V. Glos. ');">¹³</span> is Pentateuchally permitted to eat <i>terumah</i> but has been forbidden to do so by Rabbinical ordinance, because he appears to be like one uncircumcised.

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