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as he acquired her by means of betrothal. And if she is an Israelite woman betrothed to a priest, he does not enable her to partake of teruma due to the reason given by Ulla: Although by Torah law a priest’s betrothed partakes of teruma, the rabbis rendered it prohibited for her to do so, lest she
It is also taught in the Mishnah that a deaf-mute disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma and does not enable her to do so. The Talmud elaborates: If she is the daughter of a priest married to a deaf-mute Israelite, he disqualifies her, as he acquired her through marriage sanctioned by an ordi
§ It is also taught in the Mishnah that a nine-year-old boy disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma and does not enable her to partake. It enters our mind that the Mishnah is referring to a widow waiting for her yavam, who is 9 years and one day old. The Talmud therefore inquires: With regar
Abaye said: Here we are dealing with a nine-year-and-one-day-old yavam who already had sex with his yevama, as she was thereby acquired by him by Torah law. It might enter your mind to say that since by Torah law she was acquired by him, as the legal status of his act of sex is that of sex, perhaps
Rava said to him: If so, consider the latter clause of the Mishnah, which teaches that a boy with regard to whom there is uncertainty whether he is 9 years and one day old and uncertainty whether he is not, disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma, and he does not enable her to partake. Now t