Musar for Yevamot 149:17
איזהו פצוע: תנו רבנן איזהו פצוע דכא כל שנפצעו ביצים שלו ואפילו אחת מהן ואפי' ניקבו ואפילו נמוקו ואפילו חסרו אמר רבי ישמעאל בנו של ר' יוחנן בן ברוקה שמעתי מפי חכמים בכרם ביבנה כל שאין לו אלא ביצה אחת אינו אלא סריס חמה וכשר
the circumstances here being different, since the woman has already been eating.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before her husband was disabled. She is not deprived of a privilege she had been enjoying though she may not be entitled to new privileges. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> And R. Eleazar? — The argument, 'since she has already been eating' cannot be entertained; for should you not admit this,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the argument is untenable. ');"><sup>41</sup></span> a daughter of an Israelite who was married to a priest and whose husband subsequently died, should also be permitted to eat <i>terumah</i> since she has already been eating it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is absurd. The argument is consequently untenable. ');"><sup>42</sup></span>
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