Commentary for Yevamot 116:8

אלא כי אתא רבין אמר עשה בה מאמר ביבמתו דברי הכל אכלה יש לו אח חלל דברי הכל אינה אוכלת לא נחלקו אלא שנתן לה גט רבי יוחנן אמר אוכלת ריש לקיש אמר אינה אוכלת

If it be suggested, according to R. Meir, it is possible [it might be objected that] R. Meir said that one that is subject to an illegitimate cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As, e.g., in this case, where either brother might marry her, while the cohabitation of one of them is Rabbinically forbidden. ');">²⁰</span> is not permitted to eat <i>terumah</i> [only when the cohabitation is] Pentateuchally forbidden;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., a widow to a High Priest. ');">²¹</span> did he, however, say [that the same law holds when the prohibition is only] Rabbinical? [Is it], however, [suggested that it was made] according to R. Eleazar and R. Simeon? [It may be objected]: If the eating of <i>terumah</i> is permitted to one who is subject to a cohabitation which is pentateuchally forbidden, is there any need to speak of one which is only Rabbinically forbidden! When Rabin, however, came<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">²²</span>

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