Deuteronomy 23:2 Midrash: Sifrei Devarim

לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ־דַּכָּ֛א וּכְר֥וּת שָׁפְכָ֖ה בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)

He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.

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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