Commentary for Yevamot 138:6

כיצד היה ישראל שבא על בת כהן תאכל בתרומה עיברה לא תאכל כיון דעיברה לא תאכל ליחוש שמא עיברה מי לא תנן מפרישין אותן ג' חדשים שמא מעוברות הן

CAN RIGHTLY SAY, '[MAY THERE] NOT [BE ANOTHER] LIKE MY GRANDSON THE HIGH PRIEST WHO DEPRIVES ME OF THE PRIVILEGE OF EATING <i>TERUMAH</i>. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. [Here]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the statement that an imbecile's betrothal neither confers upon a woman, nor deprives her of the right of eating terumah (v. our Mishnah), thus affirming that an imbecile's kinyan has no validity. ');">¹⁹</span> we learn what the Rabbis taught: If an imbecile or a minor married and died, their wives are exempt from <i>halizah</i> and from levirate marriage.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. Yeb. XI, infra 96b, 2b; because there is no validity whatsoever in the kinyan of his marriage. ');">²⁰</span> IF AN ISRAELITE HAD INTERCOURSE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF A PRIEST SHE MAY STILL CONTINUE TO EAT <i>TERUMAH</i>. IF SHE BECOMES PREGNANT SHE MAY NO LONGER EAT. Since she may not eat when she is definitely with child, precaution should be taken against the possibility that she might be with child!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And should, in consequence. be forbidden to eat terumah immediately after intercourse had taken place. Why then was it stated, IF AN ISRAELITE HAD INTERCOURSE … SHE MAY STILL CONTINUE TO EAT TERUMAH? ');">²¹</span>

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