Commentary for Yevamot 199:4

וכולן משגרין להם לבתיהן חוץ מטמא ונושא אשה שאינה הוגנת לו אבל ערל משגרינן ליה מאי טעמא

in the latter, the force is not so great.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the exercise of due care uncleanness might be avoided. ');">¹⁰</span> Our Rabbis taught: Neither to a slave nor to a woman may a share in <i>terumah</i> be given at the threshing-floors. In places, however, where a share is given. It is to be given to the woman first, and she is immediately dismissed. What can this mean?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the first sentence it was stated that a woman receives no share; and in the following it is tacitly assumed that in certain places she does receive a share! ');">¹¹</span> — It is this that was meant: The<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. BaH. Cur. edd. read, 'Where the poor man's tithe is distributed'. ');">¹²</span>

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