Commentary for Yevamot 138:5

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנינא להא דת"ר שוטה וקטן שנשאו נשים ומתו נשותיהן פטורות מן החליצה ומן הייבום

OF HER RIGHT TO EAT <i>TERUMAH</i>. HOW? IF A PRIEST'S DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO AN ISRAELITE AND SHE BORE A DAUGHTER BY HIM, AND THE DAUGHTER WENT AND MARRIED A PRIEST AND BORE A SON BY HIM, SUCH A SON IS FIT TO BE A HIGH PRIEST, TO STAND AND MINISTER AT THE ALTAR. HE ALSO BESTOWS UPON HIS MOTHER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even after the death of his father. ');">¹⁵</span> THE PRIVILEGE OF EATING <i>TERUMAH</i>, BUT DEPRIVES<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the living offspring of an Israelite. ');">¹⁶</span> HIS MOTHER'S MOTHER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though his own mother is dead. Were it not for his existence, his grandmother would have regained her original right of eating terumah on the death of her daughter. V. infra 87a. ');">¹⁷</span> OF THIS PRIVILEGE. THE LATTER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this'. ');">¹⁸</span>

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