Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Batra 310:2

לאו איתמר עלה אמר ר' שמואל בר רב יצחק אמר רב והוא שנולדו בו סימני סריס אמר רבא דיקא נמי דקתני והוא הסריס שמע מינה

they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The relatives of the widow, who desire to procure her freedom from the marriage or halizah. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> shall bring evidence that he is twenty years old and he [becomes] a saris;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] wanting in procreative power. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> he may neither perform <i>halizah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> nor the levirate marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. p, 673. n. 10. From this it follows that once the age of twenty had been reached, a person is considered to have attained legal majority though his body did not develop any signs of maturity. What, then, would be the use of the exhumation? ');"><sup>9</sup></span> — Has it not been stated in connection with this [Mishnah], 'R. Samuel, son of R. Isaac, said in the name of Rab: That<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The law that he is regarded as a saris. Described in Yeb. 80b. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

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