Musar for Yevamot 160:8

אלא הא דאמר להו רבה בר אבוה לרבנן עיינו ביה ברב נחמן אי בשרו מעלה הבל איתיב ליה ברת כמאן כרב הונא לא רב נחמן סיכי דיקנא הויא ליה:

Where two hairs were produced<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Elijah Wilna deletes 'In the beard' of cur. edd. [The reference will be accordingly to an emergence of hairs after the age of twenty, for had they appeared earlier, he would no longer be regarded as a saris even in the face of all other characteristics of a saris, v. supra p. 543. Tosaf., however, retains the reading of our text and consequently draws a distinction between hairs of the beard and on any other part of the body. The former in themselves, unlike the latter, are not sufficient to establish potency. V. Tosaf. s.v. [H]. ');">¹⁷</span> all agree that impotency cannot be established unless all characteristics<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a saris. ');">¹⁸</span> are displayed. They only differ in the case where these were not produced. With reference, however, to what Rabbah b. Abbuha said to the Rabbis, 'Examine R. Nahman. and if his body steams I will allow him to marry my daughter'; in accordance with whose view [was he acting]? [Was it] according to R. Huna!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the absence of one characteristic satisfied him, contrary to the opinion of R. Johanan supra. ');">¹⁹</span>

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