Yevamot 83A

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The Mishnah here, which states that according to R' Yosei a priest who is a hermaphrodite enables his wife to eat teruma, is not to be relied upon in the presence of a baraita that teaches otherwise. As it is taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says: A hermaphrodite is a creature unto himself, and the

The Talmud asks: On the contrary, say that the baraita is not to be relied upon in the presence of the Mishnah here, as baraitot are generally considered less authoritative than mishnayot. The Talmud answers: From the fact that R' Yosei left his colleague, R' Shimon, as the Mishnah’s ruling is att

And Shmuel said the reverse: The baraita is not to be relied upon in the presence of the Mishnah here. The Talmud asks: On the contrary, say that the Mishnah here is not to be relied upon in the presence of the baraita, as we have heard that Shmuel takes into consideration even an individual dissen

The rabbis of the school of Rav said in the name of Rav that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, both with regard to the halakha of a hermaphrodite and with regard to the halakha of grafting. And Shmuel says: The halakha is in accordance with his opinion with regard to the l

The Talmud clarifies: The halakha of a hermaphrodite is that which we just said, that he is considered a creature unto himself (Rabbeinu Ḥananel). The halakha of grafting is as we learned in a Mishnah (Shevi’it 2:6): One may not plant, or sink the shoot of a vine into the ground, or graft a shoot o