Commentary for Yevamot 158:6

העיד ר' יהושע בן בתירא על בן מגוסת שהיה בירושלים סריס אדם ויבמו את אשתו לקיים דברי ר"ע

R. AKIBA SAID, I WILL EXPLAIN IT: A MAN-MADE SARIS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., a 'eunuch of man', one whose emasculation was the result of human action. (Cf. infra n. 12). ');">⁸</span> SUBMITS TO <i>HALIZAH</i> AND <i>HALIZAH</i> IS ALSO ARRANGED FOR HIS WIFE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE WAS IN A STATE OF FITNESS. A SARIS BY NATURE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., a 'eunuch of the sun', one who was a eunuch from the time he first saw the sun, i.e., a congenital eunuch. ');">⁹</span>

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