Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 161:4

ר' יהודה אומר טומטום שנקרע ונמצא זכר לא יחלוץ מפני שהוא כסריס אנדרוגינוס נושא אבל לא נישא ר' אליעזר אומר אנדרוגינוס חייבין עליו סקילה כזכר:

GEMARA. [Is not this]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the congenital saris bestows the right of eating terumah upon his wife. ');">¹⁴</span> obvious!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His marriage being lawful; since he is not subject to the prohibition in Deut. XXIII, 2 (cf. supra note 3), he is obviously entitled to bestow the right. ');">¹⁵</span> — It might have been assumed that only one who is capable of propagation is entitled to bestow the right of eating<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. XXII, 11. And such as are born in his house, they may eat of his bread, emphasis on born in his house. Cf. Rashi, a.l. ');">¹⁶</span> and that he who is not capable of propagating is not entitled to bestow the right of eating; hence we were taught [that even the saris may bestow the right]. R. JOSE AND R. SIMEON STATED&nbsp;… HERMAPHRODITE. Resh Lakish said: He CONFERS UPON HER THE RIGHT OF EATING <i>TERUMAH</i> but does not confer upon her the right to eat of the breast and the shoulder.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priest's due from certain sacrifices. Cf. Lev. VII, 34. ');">¹⁷</span>

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