Commentary for Yevamot 69:11

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך ארבעה אחין</strong></big><br><br>

Only' 'priests' wives,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Are forbidden to marry priests. ');">³³</span> but not Israelites' wives?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who were priests' daughters. ');">³⁴</span> Surely R. Amram said, 'The following statement was made to us by R. Shesheth who threw light on the subject<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and lit up our eyes'. ');">³⁵</span> from our Mishnah:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Mishnah infra 53b which was under discussion. ');">³⁶</span> An Israelite's wife<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A priest's daughter who on the death of her husband returns to her father's house and is permitted again to eat terumah. V. Lev. XXII, 12-13. ');">³⁷</span> who was outraged, though she is permitted to her husband, is disqualified from the priesthood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 56af. She may not marry a priest even after the death of her husband. ');">³⁸</span> — Raba replied: It is this that was meant:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By our Mishnah. ');">³⁹</span> IF THEY WERE PRIESTLY WOMEN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., daughters of priests. ');">⁴⁰</span> married to Israelites THEY ARE DISQUALIFIED from eating <i>terumah</i> at their parents' home.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' PRIESTHOOD in our Mishnah referring to the right of eating terumah on their return to their parents' home in their widowhood (v. Lev. XXII, 13). V. supra n. 8, and the reading of cur. edd. supra p. 211, n. 8. ');">⁴¹</span>

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