Yevamot 56A

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From this point forward, insertion of anything less than the corona is only considered a kiss, for which he is exempt. And this statement disagrees with that of Shmuel, who maintains that one is liable to receive punishment for external contact of the sexual organs.

§ It was taught in the Mishnah that both one who merely engages in the initial stage of sex and one who completes the act of sex have thereby acquired the yevama. The Talmud asks: What does it mean that he has acquired his yevama? Rav said: He has acquired her for everything. In other words, she i

The Talmud adds: If she was a yevama from marriage, everyone agrees that she may partake of teruma after the initial stage of sex, as she was already partaking at the outset, when she was married to the deceased brother. Therefore, even a minimal act of sex is enough to allow her to continue to par

And Shmuel said: When God includes these forms of sex, He does so only to establish the yavam in place of the husband, but to strengthen him more than the husband, no. Since she was merely betrothed to the deceased brother, she was not permitted to partake of teruma, and therefore she may not part

The Talmud comments: And Shmuel follows his regular line of reasoning, as Rav Naḥman said that Shmuel said: In any case where the woman’s marriage to her original husband entitles her to partake of teruma, sex with the yavam in any of the manners described in the Mishnah also entitles her to parta