Responsa for Yevamot 141:9
הנך נפישן רבא אמר בלא הנך נפישן נמי לא מצית אמרת אמר קרא איש איש איזהו דבר שישנו באיש ואינו באשה הוי אומר זה ערלות
For Scripture stated, What man soever.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 4, [H] (lit., 'man man'). emphasis on man. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> Now what disability is it that is applicable to a man and not to a woman? You must, of course, say that it is uncircumcision. What expository use does R. Akiba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who deduces the prohibition of the uncircumcised, in respect of terumah, from What man soever. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> make of the expression A sojourner and a hired servant?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 10. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Maharach Or Zarua Responsa
It is not necessary for a father himself to circumcise his son; his only obligation is to see that his son be circumcised.
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