Reference for Yevamot 161:2

וכן איילונית שחלצו לה אחין כו': טעמא דבעלוה הא לא בעלוה לא כמאן דלא כרבי יהודה דאי רבי יהודה האמר איילונית זונה היא:

SIMILARLY, WHERE BROTHERS SUBMITTED TO <i>HALIZAH</i> FROM A WOMAN INCAPABLE OF PROCREATION etc. The reason then [why when THEY COHABITED WITH HER THEY CAUSE HER TO BE DISQUALIFIED] is because they cohabited with her, but had they not cohabited with her they would not;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cause her to be disqualified. ');">⁵</span> in accordance with whose view [is this statement made]? — Not in accordance with that of R. Judah; for should it [be suggested that it is in agreement with] R. Judah, he, surely, [it might be objected,] stated that a woman incapable of procreation is regarded as a harlot.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 61a. Cf. supra p. 548, n. 8, mutatis mutandis. ');">⁶</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A PRIEST WHO WAS A SARIS BY NATURE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This excludes the man-made saris who stands under the prohibition of Deut. XXIII, 2, and cannot consequently confer upon his wife the right of eating. ');">⁷</span> MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE, HE CONFERS UPON HER THE RIGHT OF EATING <i>TERUMAH</i>. R. JOSE AND R. SIMEON STATED: IF A PRIEST WHO WAS AN HERMAPHRODITE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE, HE CONFERS UPON HER THE RIGHT TO EAT <i>TERUMAH</i>. R. JUDAH STATED: IF A <i>TUMTUM</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">⁸</span>

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