(Devarim 23:2) "A petzua dakah and a kruth shafchah shall not come into the congregation of the L-rd.": What is a "petzua dakah"? One whose testicles have been injured ("niftzeu") — even one of them. This tells me only of the whole of it. Whence do I derive (the same for) even part of it? From dakah (lit., "crushed," but not entirely).
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וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה כָּל שֶׁנִּכְרַת הַגִּיד.
"and a kruth shafchah": wherever the organ is cut.
R. Yishmael the son of R. Yochanan b. Beroka said: I heard in Kerem Beyavneh that a man who has only one (testicle) is a saris chamah (a eunuch from the time of seeing the sun. i.e., one born without visible testicles. [This has various halachic implications.]) What is the difference between a petzua dakah and a kruth shafchah? A petzuah dakah can recover (from the injury); a kruth shafchah cannot. This is one of the "halachoth" of doctors.
"into the congregation of the L-rd": the congregation of Cohanim, the congregation of Levites, the congregation of Israelites, and the congregation of proselytes.
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וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: שָׁלֹשׁ.
The sages say: There are only three. (He omits the congregation of proselytes.)
(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].
(Devarim 23:2) "A petzua dakah and a kruth shafchah shall not come into the congregation of the L-rd.": What is a "petzua dakah"? One whose testicles have been injured ("niftzeu") — even one of them. This tells me only of the whole of it. Whence do I derive (the same for) even part of it? From dakah (lit., "crushed," but not entirely).
וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה כָּל שֶׁנִּכְרַת הַגִּיד.
"and a kruth shafchah": wherever the organ is cut.
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.
R. Yishmael the son of R. Yochanan b. Beroka said: I heard in Kerem Beyavneh that a man who has only one (testicle) is a saris chamah (a eunuch from the time of seeing the sun. i.e., one born without visible testicles. [This has various halachic implications.]) What is the difference between a petzua dakah and a kruth shafchah? A petzuah dakah can recover (from the injury); a kruth shafchah cannot. This is one of the "halachoth" of doctors.
בִּקְהַל ה׳, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַרְבַּע קְהִלּוֹת הֵן: קְהַל כֹּהֲנִים קְהַל לְוִיִּם קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל קְהַל גֵּרִים.
"into the congregation of the L-rd": the congregation of Cohanim, the congregation of Levites, the congregation of Israelites, and the congregation of proselytes.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: שָׁלֹשׁ.
The sages say: There are only three. (He omits the congregation of proselytes.)