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Nedarim 81: Swearing Off Makeup
Why are the children of Torah scholars not themselves also Torah scholars? With several possible answers. Also, going back to a wife's nedarim that do not…
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Nedarim 80: Defining Affliction
A study of self-affliction: what is "inui"? What needs to be prohibited from oneself? With bathing as the example. Also, the question of how not bathing is…
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Nedarim 79: The Safety Net
Finishing the 10 chapter of Nedarim on the husband who revokes his wife's vows, as needed. And... beginning chapter 11, with a new mishnah on a vow taken by a…
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Nedarim 78: To Annoy His Wife
Again, nullifying vs. revoking - hatarat vs. hafarat nedarim. As learned from "zeh ha-davar," as worded in the biblical verse. Plus, a gezerag shavah with…
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Nedarim 77: Did You Nullify Your Vows before Candle-lighting?
Revoking and annulling vows on Shabbat - the latter, specifically for things needed that same Shabbat. Plus, revoking vows at night - but why does this need to…
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Nedarim 76: Defining a Day
More on the question of whether one can nullify vows in advance. With a parallel to the impurity and purity of seeds. Also, a new mishnah, on the "day" that…
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Nedarim 75: Preventative Measures
A new mishnah: Vows that haven't yet been made can't be ratified in advance. Revoking in advance is a machloket, however. But how would revoking in advance…
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Nedarim 74: Yibum and Revoking Vows
A new mishnah: A woman waiting for yibum - can the yavam revoke this woman's vows? Which leads to the question of where the man gets the authority to revoke…
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Nedarim 73: Impossible vs. Improbable
More on whether a father or husband can revoke a woman's hear he didn't hear. What if the man is deaf? With recourse to the example of an unmixed grain…
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Nedarim 72: The Role of Divorce in Upholding Vows
When a husband divorces his wife after she's taken a vow, does the divorce function as upholding or ratifying the vow, or is it just silence? With the…
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Nedarim 71: 100 Betrothals
A woman who takes a vow while betrothed, divorces that same day, gets betrothed to another that same day - the father can revoke her vow and the second (or…
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Nedarim 70: The Male Claim to the Betrothed Young Woman
More on the husband/father revoking vows - with a parallel to the vow of becoming a nazir. Declaring oneself a Nazir bring a vow, of course. The point comes…
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Nedarim 69: An Infinity Loop
The right to revoke a woman's vow, as it transfers between husband and father (or not), in the event of the other's death. Also, the question of whether one…
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Nedarim 68: A Father and a Husband
When a man revokes his betrothed's vow, is he removing the vow or weakening it? How does the father's revoking impact the vow? Plus, the timing of the…
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Nedarim 67: Revoking a Young Woman's Vows
Another quick December 31 request for support for Talking Talmud. || Introducing the halakhit pertaining to a husband and father being able to revoke a girl or…
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Nedarim 66: The Beautiful Daughters of Israel
Note: Plug for 2022 year-end contributions to Talking Talmud (details and link to contribute on FB or WhatsApp). Two mishnayot: First, an opening to release a…
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Nedarim 65: Nebuchadnezzar's Knowledge of Halakhah
Dissolving a vow that pertains to another person can only be done in the presence of that other person. With a proof from Moses and Jethro - and Midian and…
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Nedarim 64: Guilt Trips
Chapter 9. With a new mishnah, introducing the process of removing, annulling, dissolving a vow. The question arises as to how one demonstrates regret, or what…
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Nedarim 63: Personal Prohibition and the Extreme
What happens when one swears off wine for the year and then the year turns out to have an extra month? What happens if the person swearing off the wine…
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Nedarim 62: The Great Rabbi Tarfon
Several stories about Rabbi Tarfon, including his reputation, and how he made use of it. [Who's Who: R. Tarfon] Also, harvesting as a time that defines or…
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Nedarim 61: Jubilee Celebrations
The Gemara continues its discussion around nedarim of time and how do we define a section of time. Why is the fig harvest considered the end of summer?
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Nedarim 60: A Vow of Time
Chapter 8. When one vows to make wine off-limits, but with a time factor - today, this week, this month, and so on - it's off-limits until the end of that same…
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Nedarim 59: When Is an Onion an Onion? (yes, still the onion)
Concluding the discussion of whether something prohibited can lost that status. Recall the ability to annul a vow! Plus, the implications of a terumah-hullin…
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Nedarim 58: Onion Is as Onion Does (or Grows)
More on the onion and the way it grows - does the prohibited part forbid the permitted part, or vice versa? Note the Talmudic, halakhic concept: Davar she-yesh…
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Nedarim 57: Do Growing and Replanting Remove Foods from a Vow?
A long mishnah: One who declares certain foods to be off-limits will have different restrictions, depending on the phrasing. Plus, how far into the future does…
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Nedarim 56: Inside/Outside
3 mishnayot: When one swears off a house - going into the attic of a house may or not be included in that vow, as prohibited (a dispute between R. Meir and the…
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Nedarim 55: It's All According to the One Who Vows
More on the terms we use. One who swears off "dagan" may include a particular bean, and not just the 5 grains, because of the way that bean is stored. Plus…
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Nedarim 54: Defining "Vegetables"
Chapter VII: Swearing off "vegetables" - does that include gourds? What about legumes? What drives whether the term "vegetables" is more or less inclusive?…
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Nedarim 53: Olive Oil, Winter Grapes, and Asparagus
More vows about food in 3 new mishnayot. Does swearing off dates include silan (date honey)? What about winter grapes and their vinegar? It would seem that the…
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Nedarim 52: Curds and Whey
Food vows in the mishnah - first, swearing off milk (does that include whey?), or swearing off whey (does that include milk?). Plus, R. Tarfon, meat, and more…
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Nedarim 51: Awkward Wedding Chitchat
A racy daf. Bar Kappara talks to R. Yehudah HaNasi's daughter, apparently provoking her. Ben Elasa was the son-in-law to R. Yehudah HaNasi, and he was invited…
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Nedarim 50: Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Yehoshua, and the Beauty of Torah
Biographical details about various sages, with a focus on R. Akiva, including his marriage, and the dynamic with his father-in-law, Kalba Savua. Plus, the…
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Nedarim 49: Have Some Carbs with Your Carbs
Another granular mishnah. One who swears off cooked food can still eat roasted food or undercooked food. Cooked means prepared with heat that you eat with…
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Nedarim 48: Why Nedarim?!
Starting with a long mishnah: the phrasing of the vow prohibiting benefit makes a real difference, even in private property. What happens when the property is…
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Nedarim 47: Prohibiting Something That Doesn't Yet Exist
When the vow is on a specific property, how long would one be prohibited from benefit? For example, what if the property changes hands? For that matter, can…
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Nedarim 46: Bathhouses and Olive Presses
Continuing the mishnah... With regard to joint ownership. What if only one is prohibited from the benefit of that which jointly owned? It's the same rationale…
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Nedarim 45: The Smallest Public
Closing chapter 4. Retracting a statement of hefker is not effective when the declaration of hefker took place before 3 people - then it's automatically…
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Nedarim 44: Hefker Remorse
On the rules of "hefker," declaring something ownerless. And how it removes this issue of being unable to provide benefit (or not). How long is a declaration…
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Nedarim 43: Very Helpful Work-Arounds
A new mishnah: When one wants to borrow a cow (!), and the cow isn't available, which leads the would-be borrower to swear off the cow ever coming to plow the…
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Nedarim 42: A Vow of No-Benefit and the Seventh Year
One who swears off benefit from his friend cannot enter the friend's field or benefit from his produce. But a shemitah year changes those terms. Plus, how the…
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Nedarim 41: 13 Versions
More on illness and its impact (like forgetting all of one's learning), plus stories about the sages. Including R. Yosef. Plus, insight into the writing or…
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Nedarim 40: The Healing Powers of Visiting the Sick
The sages falling ill and getting visitors. Including when nobody visited R. Helbo. But how curative are such visits! And how much harm does one do when not…
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Nedarim 39: Removing 1/60th of Suffering
A mishnah from Daf 38, and the Gemara on it - one who is the subject of someone else's vow swearing off benefit from him. How would this have impact on a visit…
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Nedarim 38: Wealthy Prophets (No pun intended)
Prophets are rich, says the Gemara. Just see Moses, Samuel, Amos, and Jonah. Including prooftexts. Plus, R. Yehudah HaNasi and his wealth too. Also, a new…
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Nedarim 37: Do Daughters Need Safeguarding?
What benefits can accrue from Torah when one swears off benefit from a given person? The Gemara shows the monetary loss. Plus, the dispute over whether…
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Nedarim 36: Consent and Benefit
The daf explores an very existential question: can we perform an action on someone else’s behalf for their benefit without their knowledge?
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Nedarim 35: What Is the Role of a Kohen?
A dilemma posed to R. Nachman: when one swears off property, does that make the use of that property its own violation, as per me'ilah, the violation of…
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Nedarim 34: Versions
A mishnah on the previous daf leads into a discussion of what is excluded when one swears off benefit from another. Including returning a lost object, for…
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Nedarim 33: Fine-tuning Distinctions
A new chapter! The only real difference between one who swears off benefit from his friend and one who swears off the food of his friend is only a matter of…
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Nedarim 32: The Power and Importance of Brit Milah
More on the importance of circumstances. Specifically, the story of Moshe and God's wrath at his apparent delaying the circumcision of his son. Plus, more on…
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Nedarim 31: Labeling People
More mishnayot! One - a person who makes a vow not to benefit from those who "rest" on Shabbat - who is included and excluded from this category? Or a vow not…
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Nedarim 30: Utterly Extreme Vows
A whole lot of mishnayot. One: A person who swore off benefit from seafarers. Or land-dwellers. But who's included in these sweeping statements? Two: One who…
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Nedarim 29: Is There a Grace Period for a Vow?
More on the consecrated trees... If they're consecrated until they're felled. What does that time stipulation do to the neder? And then they need to be…
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Nedarim 28: The Promises Made in Dire Straits
A new mishnah! Taking a vow to protect yourself from thugs who you feel are putting you in danger, and you take a vow to protect yourself. With a machloket…
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Nedarim 27: How to Really Mean What You Say
[Announcement on Donation Opportunities] Vows that are not fulfilled because of circumstances beyond one's control. With the example of a court case, a man who…
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Nedarim 26: (Some) Onions Are Good for the Heart
More on accidental vows. When part of the vow remains in force, but not all of it - depending on how much regret the person making the vow explains. Plus, a…
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Nedarim 25: Unwitting, Accidental Vows
Do people use their own language when formulating a vow? Or are they more likely to rely on a formula? What kind of pitfalls are there (or potentially so) in…
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Nedarim 24: Circumstances beyond Our Control
Do the rabbis agree with R. Elazar Ben Yaakov from the mishnah or not? What if a person can't fulfill a vow because of circumstances beyond his control? What…
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Nedarim 23: Abaye Goes Too Far
How dissolving vows seems to have been a common occurrence. Also, the Manny expressions of regret. Also, both Abaye and his wife want the daughter of Abaye's…
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Nedarim 22: Down with Vows
Another case of dissolving a vow... because your deeds are known in heaven. Also, comparing making a vow to building an altar. Plus, an investigation into…