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בן יהודה למימר: טומטום בריה הוא ולא קדוש! לא, דכולי עלמא טומטום בבריה לא מספקא, זכר ונקבה הוא דמספקא.
ben Yehuda comes to say: A tumtum is not of uncertain status, but a distinct entity, and it is not sacred at all. The Talmud responds: No, everyone agrees with regard to the statement that a tumtum is a distinct entity that there is no doubt that this is incorrect. Where there is doubt is with regard to whether it is a male or a female.
מטיל מים במקום זכרות — דכולי עלמא לא פליגי דזכר הוא, כי פליגי במטיל מים במקום נקבות: מר סבר חיישינן שמא נהפכה זכרותו לנקבותו, ומר סבר לא חיישינן. כי הא דהורה רבי אלעזר: בבהמה מטיל מים במקום נקבות — חולין.
In addition, in a case where the tumtum urinates from the place of the male sex organ, then everyone agrees that it is a male. When they disagree is in the case of a tumtum that urinates from the place of the female sex organ. One Sage, the Rabbis, holds that we are concerned that perhaps its male sex organ was inverted toward its female sex organ; therefore, it is of uncertain status. And one Sage, R' Shimon ben Yehuda, holds that we are not concerned about this possibility; rather, it is definitely a female. And R' Shimon ben Yehuda maintains in accordance with that which R' Elazar ruled: With regard to a firstborn animal that urinates from the place where the female sex organ is found, it is non-sacred, as it is certainly a female.
תהי בה רבי יוחנן: מאן דלא חש לתנא קמא ולרבי ישמעאל? ולימא רבי יוחנן נמי: מאן דלא חש לרבנן בתראי? דאמר רב חסדא: מחלוקת באנדרוגינוס, אבל בטומטום — דברי הכל ספיקא!
R' Yoḥanan wondered about this ruling of R' Elazar: Who is the Sage who is not concerned about the opinion of the first tanna in the Mishnah and about the opinion of R' Yishmael, who maintain that a tumtum is a case of uncertainty? The Talmud asks: And let R' Yoḥanan also say: Who is this who is not concerned about the opinion of the latter Rabbis in the Mishnah, as Rav Ḥisda says: This dispute refers to a hermaphrodite; but with regard to a tumtum, everyone agrees that it is an uncertain case.
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