Yevamot 68A

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דהא קניה בהויה. ואי בת ישראל לכהן היא ⁠— לא מאכיל לה משום דעולא.

as he acquired her by means of betrothal. And if she is an Israelite woman betrothed to a priest, he does not enable her to partake of teruma due to the reason given by Ulla: Although by Torah law a priest’s betrothed partakes of teruma, the rabbis rendered it prohibited for her to do so, lest she allow other members of her family to eat it.

והחרש. אי בת כהן לישראל היא ⁠— פסיל לה, דהא קניה בתקנתא דרבנן. ואי בת ישראל לכהן היא ⁠— לא מאכיל, ״קנין כספו״ אמר רחמנא, והאי לאו בר קנין הוא.

It is also taught in the Mishnah that a deaf-mute disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma and does not enable her to do so. The Talmud elaborates: If she is the daughter of a priest married to a deaf-mute Israelite, he disqualifies her, as he acquired her through marriage sanctioned by an ordinance of the rabbis. Although the marriage of a deaf-mute is invalid by Torah law, the rabbis instituted an ordinance validating this type of marriage. And if she is an Israelite woman married to a deaf-mute priest, he does not enable her to partake of teruma, as God states in the Torah: “The purchase of his money, he may eat of it” (Leviticus 22:11), and this deaf-mute is not capable of acquisition by Torah law, as he is not legally competent.

ובן תשע שנים וכו׳. קא סלקא דעתין, בשומרת יבם לבן תשע ויום אחד. למאי? אי למיפסל ⁠— קטן נמי מיפסל פסיל, אי לאוכולי ⁠— גדול נמי לא מאכיל!

§ It is also taught in the Mishnah that a 9-year-old boy disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma and does not enable her to partake. It enters our mind that the Mishnah is referring to a widow waiting for her yavam, who is 9 years and one day old. The Talmud therefore inquires: With regard to what is this taught? If it is with regard to disqualifying her from partaking of teruma, a younger yavam also disqualifies her, as a levirate bond was created and she cannot return to her father’s house. And if it was with regard to enabling her to partake of teruma, an older yavam does not enable her to partake either, as discussed above.

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