Commentary for Yevamot 111:12

והאמר רב נחמן אמר שמואל כל שהבעל מאכיל יבם מאכיל אימא כל ביאה שהבעל מאכיל בה יבם מאכיל בה וכל ביאה שאין הבעל מאכיל בה אין היבם מאכיל בה

but not in all other respects. But surely R. Nahman stated in the name of Samuel, 'Wherever the husband entitles her to eat the levir also entitles her to eat'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could Samuel maintain that 'she may not eat' even though she had enjoyed that privilege while her husband was alive? ');">²⁸</span> — Read: Every cohabitation whereby a husband entitles her to eat also entitles her to eat if performed by the levir, and every cohab itation whereby the husband does not entitle her to eat, does not entitle her to eat if performed by the levir. An objection was raised: 'If the daughter of an Israelite capable of hearing was betrothed to a priest capable of hearing, who became deaf before he had time to marry her, she may not eat [<i>terumah</i>].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 374, n. 16. ');">²⁹</span>

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