Commentary for Yevamot 138:2

העבד פוסל משום ביאה ואינו פוסל משום זרע כיצד בת ישראל לכהן בת כהן לישראל וילדה הימנו בן והלך הבן ונכבש על השפחה וילדה הימנו בן הרי זה עבד היתה אם אביו בת ישראל לכהן לא תאכל בתרומה בת כהן לישראל תאכל בתרומה

IF, HOWEVER, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD SHE MAY EAT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By virtue of the existence of a son, though he is illegitimate. ');">⁵</span> THE POWER OF THE SON IS THUS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE FATHER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While the latter, as a violator or seducer, cannot confer the privilege, the son can. ');">⁶</span> A SLAVE, BY HIS COHABITATION, DEPRIVES A WOMAN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If she is a priest's daughter entitled to eat terumah. ');">⁷</span> OF THE PRIVILEGE OF EATING <i>TERUMAH</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained supra 68b. ');">⁸</span>

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