Unspecified vows are interpreted strictly, but if specified, leniently. E.g., if one vows, behold! This be to me as salted meat,` or, `as wine of Libation`: now, if he vowed by allusion to a peaceoffering, he is forbidden; if by an idolatrous sacrifice, he is permitted, but if it was unspecified, he is forbidden. [If one declares], `behold! This be to me as herem`: if as a herem to The Lord, he is forbidden; if as a herem to the priests, he is permitted. If it is unspecified, he is forbidden. `behold! This be to me as tithe`: if he vowed, as cattle Tithes, he is forbidden; if as corn tithes, he is permitted; if unspecified, he is forbidden. `behold! This be to me as Terumah`; if he vowed, as the Terumah of the Temple-Chamber, he is forbidden; if as the Terumah of the threshing-floor [I.e., of corn]. He is permitted; if unspecified, he is forbidden: this is the view of R. Meir. R. Judah said; an unspecified reference to Terumah in Judea is binding, but not in Galilee, because the Galileans are unfamiliar with the Terumah of the Temple-Chamber. Unqualified allusions to haramim in Judea are not binding. But in Galilee they are, because the Galileans are unfamiliar with priestly haramim. |
נדרים 2.4 |
If one views by herem, and then says, `I vowed only by a fishing net`, By korban, and then says, I vowed only by royal gifts`, [if he says] behold! [I myself] `azmi be a korban`, and then states. `I vowed only by the ezem [bone] which I keep for the purpose of vowing`; [if one says,] `Konam be any benefit my wife has of me, and then declares, I spoke only of my first wife, whom I have divorced (if none of these [vows] do they require to seek absolution. But if a request for absolution is preferred, they are punished and treated strictly: this is the view of R. Meir, but the Sages say: they are given an opening [for regret] (in other grounds. And they are admonished so that they do not treat vows with levity. |
נדרים 2.5 |
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