Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 135:4

אמר אביי הכא ביבם בן תשע שנים ויום אחד הבא על יבמתו עסקינן דמדאורייתא קניא ליה סד"א הואיל ומדאורייתא קניא ליה וביאתו ביאה אימא לוכיל קמ"ל עשו ביאת בן ט' שנים ויום אחד כמאמר בגדול

If in respect of depriving her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If she is the daughter of a priest, and the levir is an Israelite. ');">¹⁰</span> of the privilege,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the eating of terumah; the purpose of the ruling being to indicate that the levirate bond comes into force simultaneously with the levir's capability of cohabitation. ');">¹¹</span> a younger child would also equally deprive her of the privilege! And if in respect of bestowing the privilege,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he is a priest and she is the daughter of an Israelite; the purpose being to indicate that, though he is capable of cohabitation, his levirate bond is not powerful enough to bestow upon his yebamah the privilege of eating terumah. ');">¹²</span> a grownup levir also cannot bestow this privilege!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As was explicitly stated earlier in out Mishnah. ');">¹³</span>

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