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If a priest who was a saris by nature married the daughter of an Israelite, he confers upon her the right of eating Terumah. R. Jose and R. Simeon stated: if a priest who was an hermaphrodite married the daughter of an Israelite, he confers upon her the right to eat Terumah. R. Judah stated: if a tumtum, was operated upon and he was found to be a male, he must not participate in halizah, because he has the same status as a saris. The hermaphrodite may marry [a wife] but may not be married [by a man]. R. Eliezer stated: [for copulation] with an hermaphrodite the penalty of stoning is incurred as [if he were] a male. יבמות 8.6
סריס חמה כוהן שנשא בת ישראל, מאכילה בתרומה׃ רבי יוסי ורבי שמעון אומרין, אנדרוגינוס כוהן שנשא בת ישראל, מאכילה בתרומה׃ רבי יהודה אומר, טומטום שנקרע, ונמצא זכר-- לא יחלוץ, מפני שהוא כסריס׃ אנדרוגינוס נושא, אבל לא נישא׃ רבי אלעזר אומר, חייבין עליו סקילה כזכר
Some women are permitted to their husbands and forbidden to their levirs, others are permitted to their levirs and forbidden to their husbands, others are permitted to both the former and the latter, while others are forbidden to the former as well as to the latter. In the following cases the women are permitted to their husbands and forbidden to their levirs: if a Common Priest who married a widow had a brother a High Priest; if a halal who married a woman of legitimate status had a brother of legitimate status; if an Israelite who married the daughter of an Israelite had a brother a bastard, `or if a bastard who married a bastard had a brother an Israelite, [in all these cases the women] are permitted to their husbands and forbidden to their levirs. יבמות 9.1
יש מותרות לבעליהן ואסורות ליבמיהן, מותרות ליבמיהן ואסורות לבעליהן, מותרות לאלו ואלו, ואסורות לאלו ואלו׃ אלו מותרות לבעליהן, ואסורות ליבמיהן׃ כוהן הדיוט שנשא את האלמנה, ויש לו אח כוהן גדול; חלל שנשא כשרה, ויש לו אח כשר; ישראל שנשא ישראלית, ויש לו אח ממזר; ממזר שנשא ממזרת, ויש לו אח ישראל׃ אלו מותרות לבעליהן ואסורות ליבמיהן

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