[If he said.] `I adjure you`; `I command you`; `I bind you`; they are liable. `By Heaven and earth!` they are exempt. `By Alef Daleth`; `By yod He`; `By Shaddai`; `By Zebaoth`; `By the merciful and gracious one`; `By the long suffering one`; `By the one Abounding in kindness`; or by any of the substitutes [for the name]: they are liable. He who blasphemes by any of them is liable: this is the opinion of R. Meir; but the Sages exempt him. He who curses his father or mother by any of them is liable; this is the opinion of R. Meir; but the Sages exempt him. He who curses himself or his neighbour by any of them transgresses a negative precept. [If he said,] `The Lord smite you`; or `God smite you`; these are the curses written in the Torah. `may [The Lord] not smite you`; or `may he bless you`; or `may he do good unto you [if you bear testimony for me]`: R. Meir makes [them] liable, but the Sages exempt [them |
שבועות 4.13 |
The oath of deposit applies to men and women. To non-relatives and relatives, to those qualified [to bear testimony] and those unqualified; before the Beth Din and not before the Beth Din, [if uttered] from his own mouth; but [if adjured] By the mouth of others, he is not liable unless he denies it before the Beth Din: this is the opinion of a. Meir; but the Sages say, whether [uttered] from his own mouth or [adjured] By the mouth of others since he denied it, he is liable. And he is liable for the wilful transgression of the oath, and for its unwitting transgression, coupled with wilful [denial of] deposit; but he is not liable for unwitting transgression simply. And to what is he liable for wilful transgression? A guilt offering of [the value of] two shekels of silver |
שבועות 5.1 |
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