Commentary for Yevamot 116:10

וריש לקיש אמר אינה אוכלת אפילו לר"א ורבי שמעון דאמרי אוכלת הני מילי דיש לו להאכיל במקום אחר אבל הכא כיון דאין לו להאכיל במקום אחר לא

agree that she is not permitted to eat.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though she is the daughter of a priest and even where the ma'amar had been addressed to her by a qualified priest, she is forbidden to eat terumah, owing to her being subject at least to one Pentateuchally forbidden cohabitation. Even R. Eleazar and R. Simeon who allow terumah in the case of a widow to a High priest do not allow it here since, unlike the High Priest who in cases other than that of the widow and the like is entitled to confer the right, the halal can never confer such a privilege upon anyone. ');">²⁵</span> They only differ where he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A levir who was a priest. ');">²⁶</span> gave her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His yebamah who was the daughter of a priest. ');">²⁷</span>

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