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who never saw a single hour of life in a state of fitness, as he was born infertile. The Talmud asks: How do we know that one was born this way and was never capable of having children? Abaye said: Anyone who passes water and does not form an arch with his urine, but rather his urine dribbles out d
Incidentally, the Talmud inquires: From what does this defect arise? What is its cause? The Talmud answers: It results from his mother baking bread at noon and drinking strong beer [shikhra marka] while pregnant. The excessive heating of the mother’s body causes her child to be born with defective r
The Talmud asks: Let us be concerned that perhaps he was cured for some period in the meantime, without our having known about it, in which case he would have had an hour of fitness at some point. The Talmud answers: Since both his beginning and his end are impaired, i.e., he was born with a defec
Rav Mari raised an objection from the following Mishnah (Bekhorot 38b): R' Ḥanina ben Antigonus says: One examines a firstborn animal that developed a blemish in its eye 3 times within 80 days to see whether the defect is permanent. This shows that no presumptions are made in such a case; rather, th
The Talmud answers: With respect to a blemish affecting a single organ, e.g., an eye, we are concerned that the blemish might have passed and then later redeveloped, but with regard to a defect affecting the entire body, we are not concerned about such a possibility. A eunuch is not impaired in a s