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Castration
275. Come and behold, this is the example of the sacrifice. They did not offer before Him that which has been castrated. They would remove it so as not to offer it before Him. He commanded, "neither shall you do thus in your land" (Vayikra 22:24). And so unto all generations it is prohibited to emasculate any creature created by Hashem, as emasculation stems from the Other Side.
275. תָּא חֲזִי, מִן קָרְבְּנָא. דְּלָא הֲווֹ מְקָרְבִין קָמֵיהּ סִרוּסָא, וְאַפִּיקוּ לֵיהּ, דְּלָא יִתְקָרִב לְקָמֵיהּ, וּפָקִיד וְאָמַר, וּבְאַרְצְכֶם לֹא תַּעֲשׂוּ. וְכֵן לְדָרֵי דָּרִין אָסִיר לְסָרוּסֵי בִּרְיָין, דְּבָרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּעָלְמָא. דְּהָא כָּל סִרוּסָא, דְּסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא אִיהוּ.