Pisqa’ 247225H:251-252;JN2:171. 1. A man with a crushing wound226Heb: petzu`a dak’a: or a severed tube227Heb: kerut shafchah:shall not enter the Community of HASHEM” (Dt.23:2). What is a “crushing wound” (Dt.23:2)? Any in which the testicles are damaged. What about only one of them? I might infer only that both of them must be crushed.228=M.Yev, 8:2; cf. T. Yev. 10:3. How do I know that the rule applies even if one of them is partially damaged? The Teaching states: “Crushed” (Dt.23:2)— [even if only partially crushed].
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וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה כָּל שֶׁנִּכְרַת הַגִּיד.
“A severed tube” (Dt.23:2)— any in which the penis is cut off.229=M. Yev,8:2 and T. Yev. 10:4.
Said R. Ishmael b. R. Yohanan b. Baroqa: I heard the following at the Vineyard of Yavneh— he who has but one testicle is considered a “daylight castrate”230Heb: saris khamah. “A eunuch from the time of seeing the sun” (Jastrow:476, s.v. khamah). [whose condition is congenital].231//T. Yev. 10:3 2. What distinguishes a crushing wound from a severed tube? Only that a crushing wound may regenerate, while a severed tube will not: Thus the tradition of the healers.
“The Community of HASHEM” (Dt.23:2). R. Judah says: There are four such communities— the community of the Priests; the community of the Levites; the community of Israel, and the community of Proselytes.
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וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: שָׁלֹשׁ.
But sages say: There are three— [since the Proselytes are not numbered as a distinct Community].232= T.Qid.5:1, cf. M. Qid .4:1.
(דברים כג ב) לֹא יָבֹא פְצוּעַ דַּכָּא, אֵיזֶהוּ פְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא? כָּל שֶׁנִּפְצְעוּ הַבֵּיצִים שֶׁלּוֹ, וַאֲפִלּוּ אַחַת מֵהֶן. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֻּלָּן, מִנַּיִן אַף מִקְצָתָן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: [דַּכָּא].
Pisqa’ 247225H:251-252;JN2:171.
1. A man with a crushing wound226Heb: petzu`a dak’a: or a severed tube227Heb: kerut shafchah:shall not enter the Community of HASHEM” (Dt.23:2).
What is a “crushing wound” (Dt.23:2)?
Any in which the testicles are damaged.
What about only one of them?
I might infer only that
both of them must be crushed.228=M.Yev, 8:2; cf. T. Yev. 10:3.
How do I know that the rule applies
even if one of them is partially damaged?
The Teaching states:
“Crushed” (Dt.23:2)—
[even if only partially crushed].
וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה כָּל שֶׁנִּכְרַת הַגִּיד.
“A severed tube” (Dt.23:2)—
any in which the penis is cut off. 229=M. Yev,8:2 and T. Yev. 10:4.
אָמַר רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן בְּרוֹקָה: שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּכֶרֶם בְּיַבְנֶה, מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא בֵּיצָה אַחַת זֶהוּ סְרִיס חַמָּה. מַה בֵּין פְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא לִכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה? אֶלָּא שֶׁפְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא חוֹזֵר וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה אֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר, זוֹ הִלְכַּת רוֹפְאִים.
Said R. Ishmael b. R. Yohanan b. Baroqa:
I heard the following at the Vineyard of Yavneh—
he who has but one testicle is considered a “daylight castrate”230Heb: saris khamah. “A eunuch from the time of seeing the sun” (Jastrow:476, s.v. khamah).
[whose condition is congenital]. 231//T. Yev. 10:3
2. What distinguishes a crushing wound
from a severed tube?
Only that a crushing wound may regenerate,
while a severed tube will not:
Thus the tradition of the healers.
בִּקְהַל ה׳, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַרְבַּע קְהִלּוֹת הֵן: קְהַל כֹּהֲנִים קְהַל לְוִיִּם קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל קְהַל גֵּרִים.
“The Community of HASHEM” (Dt.23:2).
R. Judah says:
There are four such communities—
the community of the Priests;
the community of the Levites;
the community of Israel,
and the community of Proselytes.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: שָׁלֹשׁ.
But sages say:
There are three—
[since the Proselytes are not numbered as a distinct Community].232= T.Qid.5:1, cf. M. Qid .4:1.