Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 111:6

מיתיבי בת ישראל פקחת שנתארסה לכהן פקח ולא הספיק לכונסה עד שנתחרש אינה אוכלת מת ונפלה לפני יבם חרש אוכלת ובזו יפה כח היבם מכח הבעל

but not to confer upon him more power than upon the husband.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As her husband's priesthood did not entitle her to eat terumah during the period of their betrothal, since only actual marriage can confer this privilege, the levir also cannot now confer this privilege upon her. ');">¹⁴</span> And [in giving this ruling] Samuel is consistent with his own view, for R. Nahman stated in the name of Samuel: wherever the husband entitles her to eat, the levir also entitles her to eat; and wherever the husband does not entitle her to eat the levir also<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the kinyan was in one of the imperfect forms spoken of in our Mishnah. ');">¹⁵</span> does not entitle her to eat.

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