Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 149:15

ור' אלעזר שכבר אכלה לא אמרינן דאי לא תימא הכי בת ישראל שנשאת לכהן ומת בעלה תאכל שכבר אכלה

the hallowed thing is thus compared to the sanctuary; as [an offence against] the sanctuary involves loss of life,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The penalty for entering the sanctuary while one is unclean is kareth. Cf. Num. XIX, 20. ');">³⁵</span> so [must the offence against] the hallowed thing be such as involves loss of life, while in respect of touch no loss of life is involved; and the reason [why eating] was expressed by a term denoting touch is to indicate that touching and eating are equally [forbidden].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the unclean or the tebul yom. ');">³⁶</span> [A PRIEST WHO IS] WOUNDED IN HIS STONES etc. Who is it that taught: A woman subject to a pentateuchally forbidden cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is the case in our Mishnah with the wife of the mutilated priest with whom no cohabitation has yet taken place after his mutilation, though such cohabitation may still take place at any moment. ');">³⁷</span>

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