## Nedarim Daf 21a

###### Nedarim 21a:1
[Nedarim 21a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:1)

שְׁנֵיהֶם רוֹצִין בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה דִּינָרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In this case, one may assume that **both want** to complete the deal **at three dinars,** and they did not intend to vow but only exaggerated for purposes of bargaining.


###### Nedarim 21a:2
[Nedarim 21a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:2)

**גְּמָ׳** אַרְבָּעָה נְדָרִים הִתִּירוּ חֲכָמִים כּוּ׳. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר מֶמֶל לְרַבִּי אַמֵּי: אֲמַרְתְּ לַן מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה נְשִׂיאָה: מַאן תְּנָא אַרְבָּעָה נְדָרִים — רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, דְּאָמַר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן: לְעוֹלָם אֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶן נָזִיר, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נִיתְּנָה נְזִירוּת אֶלָּא לְהַפְלָאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna states: **The Sages dissolved four** types of **vows. Rabbi Abba bar Memel said to Rabbi Ami: You said to us in the name of Rabbi Yehuda Nesia: Who** is the *tanna* who **taught** this mishna of **four vows? It** is the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, who said in the name of Rabbi Tarfon:** With regard to two people who entered into a wager, and each declared that he would become a nazirite if the other was right, then **actually neither of them** becomes **a nazirite, because naziriteship is determined only by explicitness** of intent. One cannot become a nazirite unless he vows clearly and with certitude. Here too, since the intent of the wagering parties was not actually to vow, the *halakha* is that the vow is invalid.


###### Nedarim 21a:3
[Nedarim 21a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:3)

רָבָא אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבָּנַן, מִי קָתָנֵי ״שְׁנֵיהֶן רָצוּ״? ״שְׁנֵיהֶן רוֹצִין״ קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: You** can **even say** that the mishna is in accordance with **the Rabbis,** who disagree with Rabbi Yehuda. **Does** the mishna **teach: Both wanted** the price to be three dinars? **It teaches: Both want,** in the present tense, demonstrating that they would have been satisfied with that price from the outset and never intended to vow, so the vow is not binding.


###### Nedarim 21a:4
[Nedarim 21a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:4)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אָמַר לוֹ טְפֵי מִסֶּלַע, וְהַלָּה אֹמֵר בְּצִיר מִשֶּׁקֶל, נִדְרָא הָוֵי, אוֹ זֵרוּזִין הָוֵי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said to Rav Ashi:** If the seller **said to** the buyer in the form of a vow that the price must remain **more than a *sela*, and the other** declared in the form of a vow that the price must remain **less than a shekel,** what is the *halakha*? **Is this a vow,** where each stands firmly in his position? **Or** perhaps this **is** also merely for **encouragement?**


###### Nedarim 21a:5
[Nedarim 21a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:5)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ, תְּנֵינָא: הָיָה מְסָרֵב בַּחֲבֵירוֹ שֶׁיֹּאכַל אֶצְלוֹ, וְאָמַר לוֹ ״קֻוֽנָּם בֵּיתְךָ שֶׁאֲנִי נִכְנָס״, ״טִיפַּת צוֹנֵן שֶׁאֲנִי טוֹעֵם״ — מוּתָּר לִיכָּנֵס לְבֵיתוֹ וְלִשְׁתּוֹת הֵימֶנּוּ צוֹנֵן, שֶׁלֹּא נִתְכַּוֵּון זֶה אֶלָּא לְשׁוּם אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Ashi **said to him: We** already **learned** about a similar case: If one **was importuning another that he should eat with him** and the other refused **and said to him: Entering your house is *konam* for me,** or: **A drop of cold** water is *konam* for me, and for **that** reason **I** will not **taste** it with you, **it is permitted** for him **to enter his house and drink cold** water **since he intended it** as a vow **only for the purpose of eating and drinking** a large amount but did not mean literally that he would not drink anything.


###### Nedarim 21a:6
[Nedarim 21a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:6)

וְאַמַּאי? וְהָא ״טִיפַּת צוֹנֵן״ קָאָמַר! אֶלָּא מִשְׁתַּעֵי אִינִישׁ הָכִי. הָכָא נָמֵי מִשְׁתַּעֵי אִינִישׁ הָכִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And why** is this permitted? **But he said: A drop of cold** water, so how can you say that the vow is only with regard to drinking a large amount? **Rather,** it must be that **a person speaks this way** in exaggerated terms but does not mean literally what he says. **Here also,** in the case of the buyer and seller, **a person speaks this way.** He exaggerates and does not intend the literal meaning of his words, even though he was quite precise in his wording.


###### Nedarim 21a:7
[Nedarim 21a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/21a:7)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Ravina **said to him:**