Commentary for Yevamot 225:4

גזירה שמא יאכיל חרש בפקחת וחרש בפקחת נמי ליכול בתרומה דרבנן גזירה דלמא אתי לאוכלה בתרומה דאורייתא

This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition against the eating of terumah by a deaf woman. ');">¹⁰</span> is a preventive measure against the possibility that a deaf man might feed a deaf woman [with such <i>terumah</i>]. Well, let him feed her, [since she is only in the same position] as a minor who eats <i>nebelah</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. Neither he nor she is subject to any punishment for the eating of forbidden food, v. infra 114a. ');">¹¹</span> This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition against the eating of terumah by the deaf woman. ');">¹²</span>

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