Commentary for Yevamot 159:15

ובן שמנה מי קחיי והתניא בן שמנה הרי הוא כאבן ואסור לטלטלו אבל אמו שוחה עליו ומניקתו

The other said to him: May all such fine sayings be reported in my name. For so it was taught: A saris is not tried as a stubborn and rebellious son,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Deut. XXI, 18ff. ');">⁴¹</span> because no stubborn and rebellious son is tried unless he bears the mark of the pubic hair.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'lower beard'. ');">⁴²</span> Nor is a woman who is incapable of procreation tried as a betrothed damsel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who has been outraged (v. Deut. XXII, 23ff). ');">⁴³</span> because from her minority she passes [directly] into adolescence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 5. ');">⁴⁴</span> R. Abbahu stated: On [the basis of] the marks of a saris, of a woman incapable of procreation, and of an eight-[month] child<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Born in the eighth month of conception. who, as a rule, is not viable. ');">⁴⁵</span> no decision is made<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to whether in the case of the former they are impotent and of age, and in the case of the latter whether he is viable. ');">⁴⁶</span> until they attain the age of twenty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the age of twelve and this age the former are regarded as minors until they have produced two pubic hairs, if these appear before they were twenty; and if these were not produced at twenty their majority begins from the age of twelve. In the case of the child he cannot be regarded as viable before he has completed the twentieth year of his life. ');">⁴⁷</span> Is, however, an eight-[month] child viable? Surely it was taught: An eight-month child is like a stone,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously because he is not viable. ');">⁴⁸</span> and it is forbidden to move him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath when only such objects may be moved as were intended to be used on that day. The moving of a stone is forbidden. ');">⁴⁹</span> only his mother may bend over him and nurse him

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