`I swear I shall not eat,` and he ate foods which are not fit to be eaten, and drank liquids which are not fit to be drunk, he is exempt. `I swear I shall not eat,` and he ate carrion, Trefa, forbidden animals, and reptiles, he is liable. And R. Simeon exempts him. He said, `I vow that my wife shall not benefit from me, if I have eaten today,` and he had eaten carrion, Trefa, forbidden animals, or reptiles, his wife is prohibited to him. |
שבועות 3.4 |
It is the same [whether he swears of] things concerning himself, or of things concerning others, or of things which have substance, or of things which have no substance. How so? [if] He said, `I swear that I shall give to so-and-so,` or, `I shall not give; ` `I have given,` or `I have not given; ` `I shall sleep,` or, `I shall not sleep; ` `I have slept,` or, `I have not slept; ` `I shall throw a pebble in the sea.` or, `I shall not throw; ` `I have thrown,` or, `I have not thrown`; [He is liable.] R. Ishmael says, he is liable only for [an oath in] the future, for it is said: to do evil or to do good. R. Akiba said to him: if so, we know only such cases where doing evil and doing good are applicable; but how do we know such cases where doing evil and doing good are not applicable.? He replied to him: from the amplification of the verse. Whereupon he said to him: if the verse amplifies for that, it amplifies for this also |
שבועות 3.5 |
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