Commentary for Yevamot 8:1

הֶעָרֵל וְכָל הַטְּמֵאִים, לֹא יֹאכְלוּ בַתְּרוּמָה. נְשֵׁיהֶן וְעַבְדֵּיהֶן, יֹאכְלוּ בַתְּרוּמָה. פְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה, הֵן וְעַבְדֵיהֶן יֹאכְלוּ, וּנְשֵׁיהֶן לֹא יֹאכֵלוּ. וְאִם לֹא יְדָעָהּ מִשֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה פְצוּעַ דַּכָּא וּכְרוּת שָׁפְכָה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יֹאכֵלוּ:

One who is uncircumcised [an uncircumcised Cohein whose brothers died because of circumcision] and all who are unclean may not eat terumah. [This is derived from the Paschal offering, concerning which it is written (Exodus 12:48): "And no uncircumcised one shall eat of it."] Their wives and their bondsmen may eat terumah. [For because of non-circumcision and uncleanliness they do not leave the category of Cohanim; it is just that they themselves are wanting amendment.] A petzua dakka and a k'ruth shafchah (see 8:2) — they and their bondsmen eat, and their wives do not eat. [For he makes her a chalalah by cohabiting with her in that she cohabits with one who is unfit for (marriage with) her.] And if he did not cohabit with her from the time he became a petzua dakka and a k'ruth shafchah [If she were married to him before this, and he did not cohabit with her after he became a petzua dakka], they may eat.

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