3,294. A Biblically Prohibited Betrothal

Terumos 7:21

Let’s say that the daughter of a kohein who is a widow is betrothed by a Kohein Gadol, or the daughter of a kohein who is divorced is betrothed by a regular kohein. In such a case, they may not eat terumah because they are designated for relations that are prohibited under Biblical law. Similarly, if they enter the chuppah without betrothal, they may not eat terumah as the chuppah disqualifies them. If this woman is widowed or divorced after betrothal, she returns to her previous status and may eat terumah, but if they completed the marriage, then she may not. This is because the marriage has rendered her a chalalah.

Terumos 7:22

Let’s say that the daughter of a kohein is married to a kohein. The husband dies, so she becomes subject to yibum (levirate marriage), but one of the husband’s surviving brothers is a chalal (an unfit kohein). In such a case, she may not eat terumah because of tie to the chalal. This is so even if one of the brothers who is a fit kohein makes a declaration of intention (maamar) to marry her, since maamar does not effect total acquisition of a yevama.