Commentary for Yevamot 111:5

ואזדא שמואל לטעמיה דאמר רב נחמן אמר שמואל כל שהבעל מאכיל יבם מאכיל וכל שאין הבעל מאכיל יבם אינו מאכיל

Rab maintains that she may eat, since the All Merciful has included cohabitation in error, [giving it the same validity] as when done presumptuously. But Samuel maintains that the All Merciful has included it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cohabitation in error. ');">¹¹</span> in so far only as to put him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The levir. ');">¹²</span> in the same position as the husband,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is entitled to confer upon his sister-in-law the same rights that had been conferred upon her by her husband. Hence, if she was married and entitled to eat terumah the levir also may confer upon her this privilege. ');">¹³</span>

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