Commentary for Yevamot 135:1

דהא קניה בהויה ואי בת ישראל לכהן היא לא מאכיל לה משום דעולא:

since he acquires her by the betrothal;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And being, therefore, deemed to be his legal wife she is forbidden to eat terumah. V. Lev. XXII, 12. ');">¹</span> and if she is the daughter of an Israelite [who was betrothed] to a priest, the betrothal cannot bestow the privilege upon her, owing to the ruling of 'Ulla.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though Pentateuchally a woman who is betrothed to a priest is entitled to the privilege of eating terumah, she has been forbidden to eat it during the period of betrothal, when she is still in her father's house, as a preventive measure against the possibility of her treating to it a brother or a sister of hers. V. Keth. 57b. ');">²</span> A DEAF-MUTE, for if [the woman] is the daughter of a priest [who was married] to [him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The deaf-mute. ');">³</span> who is] an Israelite, he deprives her of the privilege, since he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though mentally defective and, therefore, Pentateuchally ineligible to execute any kinyan. ');">⁴</span>

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