Commentary for Bava Metzia 35:2
ואלא מדתני רב חייא בר אמי אשתו ארוסה לא אונן ולא מטמא לה (יבמות עג א, זבחים ק ב) וכן היא לא אוננת ולא מטמאה לו מתה אינו יורשה מת הוא גובה כתובתה
[and no more]? Again, if [you will say that we derive the law] from that which R. Hiyya b. Ammi learnt: 'If the betrothed wife [of a priest dies] he [the priest] is not deemed a mourner<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], the designation of a mourner between the time of the death of a relative and the burial (after which he becomes an [H]). During that period of mourning a priest is not allowed to partake of sacrificial meat or other holy food. But mere erusin does not constitute relationship to the extent that the death of the betrothed woman should render the laws of mourning applicable to the bereaved priest. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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