הסריס לא חולץ ולא מייבם וכן אילונית וכו': קתני סריס דומיא דאילונית מה אילונית בידי שמים אף סריס בידי שמים וסתמא כרבי עקיבא דאמר בידי אדם אין בידי שמים לא:
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');"><sup>20</sup></span> THE SARIS NEITHER SUBMITS TO <i>HALIZAH</i> NOR CONTRACTS THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, AND SO ALSO A WOMAN WHO IS INCAPABLE OF PROCREATION etc. The saris was mentioned in the same way as the woman who is incapable of procreation; as the woman's incapacity is due to an act of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by the hands of'.
');"><sup>21</sup></span> heaven so must that of the saris be an act<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by the hands of'.
');"><sup>21</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Yevamot
Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: These are the words of Rebbi Eliezer, Rebbi Aqiba, and Rebbi Joshua. But the words of the Sages are that neither the castrate by human action nor the congenital castrate is able to perform ḥalîṣah nor does one perform ḥalîṣah for his wife. He cannot perform levirate, nor does one marry his wife in levirate. That is the Mishnah: “The castrate who performed ḥalîṣah for his sister-in-law did not disable her; if he copulated with her, he disabled her because it is incestuous.” The hermaphrodite who performed ḥalîṣah for his sister-in-law did not disable her; if he copulated with her, he disabled her because it is incestuous. “Similarly, if the brothers performed ḥalîṣah for a she-ram, they did not disable her; if they copulated with her, they disabled her because it is incestuous.”
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