Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 6:6

אֵין לוֹ בֵיצִים, (אוֹ) אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא בֵּיצָה אֶחָת. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ שְׁנֵי כִיסִין, יֵשׁ לוֹ שְׁתֵּי בֵיצִים. אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא כִיס אֶחָד, אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא בֵיצָה אֶחָת. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, מוֹשִׁיבוֹ עַל עַכּוּזוֹ וּמְמַעֵךְ, אִם יֵשׁ שָׁם בֵּיצָה, סוֹפָהּ לָצֵאת. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁמִּעֵךְ וְלֹא יָצָאת, וְנִשְׁחַט וְנִמְצֵאת דְּבוּקָה בַּכְּסָלִים, וְהִתִּיר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא וְאָסַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי:

If it does not have testicles, or if it only has one. Rabbi Yishmael says: if it has two pouches, then it had two testicles; if it has one one pouch, then it has only one testicle. Rabbi Akiva says: [in the latter case,] one should cause it to sit on its hind and squeeze, if there is a testicle there, it will come out. It once happened that they squeezed and it did not come out, and they slaughtered it and found it stuck to the flank - Rabbi Akiva permitted [it] but Rabbi Yochanan forbade [it].

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