Midrasch zu Dewarim 23:2
לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ־דַּכָּ֛א וּכְר֥וּת שָׁפְכָ֖ה בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)
Wer in seinen Geheimteilen zerquetscht oder verstümmelt ist, soll nicht in die Versammlung des HERRN eintreten.
Sifrei Devarim
(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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