9. Sifrei , Deuteronomy par.#289; b. Yevamot 79b; ibid. 24a. See also Maimonides , Hilkhot Yibbum ve-Halizah 6:2.
10. b. Yevamot 75a; j. Yevamot 8:2; Korban Edah ad loc; Ibid, 23:1).
11. Laws of Forbidden Marriages 16:9. See also Shulhan Arukh, Even Haezer 5:10, which quotes this opinion along with the differin views of R. Asher and Rashi.
12. b. Yevamot 80a. See Julius Preuss , Biblical and Talmudic Medicine,(translated and edited by Fred Rosner ), New York -London , 1978, p. 224. Preuss , who died in 1913, records this cause without comment. It would appear quite doubtful that there is any relevance of the exposure of a pregnant woman to heat and beer in the genesis of the destruction of gonads in utero.
13. See Moshe Zemer ,"Purifying Mamzerim," in Jewish Law Annual , vol. X, 1992, pp. 991. Gratitude is hereby expressed to the Trustees of Boston University for permission to publish parts of the essay in this article.
14. As we have seen, supra notes 10 and 11, the saris hama is permitted to marry. However, it may be conjectured that if the family of the bride had suspected his condition, the match might have been refused. Furthermore, as we shall see, Abraham Nahum married a second time.
15. Haim Palache, Sefer Einei Kol Hai, Ismir, 1962, pp. 135b-151a(which include responsa of his son, Abraham); Yaakov Shaul Elyashar , Responsa Simha Lalsh Jerusalem 1888, E.H. resp. 2; Shalom Moshe Hai Gagin, Responsa Yismah Lev, Jerusalem , 1878, resp. 13.
16. b. Sukkah 27a.
. The gemara in b. Yevamot 80b states that the halakhah is in accordance with Rabbi Tosfaah.
22. Another form of genital malformation which might have been considered to fit our subject is that of undescended testes, as suggested by Preuss ad loc, supra, note 12. However, men with this condition are essentially complete males, although they may be infertile, especially if the testes remain in the abdomen rather than in the groin, just above the scrotum. It is only the sperm producing cells and not the hormone
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