R. Meir also said: an opening [for absolution] may be given from what is written in the Torah, and we say to him. `had you known that you were violating [the injunctions] thou shalt not avenge, thou shalt not bear a grudge against the children of thy people. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Or that thy brother may lie with thee; or that he might become poor and you would not be able to provide for him, [would you have vowed]?` should he reply, `had I known that it is so, I would not have vowed,` He is absolved |
נדרים 9.4 |
A wife`s Kethubah may be given as an opening [for absolution] and thus it once happened that a man vowed not to benefit from his wife. And her ketubah amounted to four hundred denarii. He went before R. Akiba, who ordered him to pay her the Kethubah [in full] said he to him, `Rabbi, my father left eight hundred denarii, of which my brother took four hundred and I took four hundred: is it not enough that she should receive two hundred and I two hundred?` R. Akiba replied: even if you sell the hair of your head you must pay her her Kethubah. Had I known that it is so,` He answered, I would not have vowed.` thereupon R. Akiba permitted her [to him]. |
נדרים 9.5 |
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