## Nedarim Daf 32a

###### Nedarim 32a:1
[Nedarim 32a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:1)

מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנִּתְעַסֵּק בַּמָּלוֹן תְּחִלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְהִי בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּמָּלוֹן״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Because he was occupied with lodging first** and did not immediately perform the mitzva of circumcision, **as it is stated: “And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place”** (Exodus 4:24).


###### Nedarim 32a:2
[Nedarim 32a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:2)

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: לֹא לְמֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ בִּקֵּשׁ שָׂטָן לַהֲרוֹג, אֶלָּא לְאוֹתוֹ תִּינוֹק, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי חֲתַן דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי״, צֵא וּרְאֵה מִי קָרוּי חָתָן — הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה הַתִּינוֹק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: It was not Moses our teacher** that **Satan wanted to kill, but rather, that infant** who was not circumcised, **as it is stated: “Surely a bridegroom of blood are you to me”** (Exodus 4:25). **Go out and see: Who** does it make sense would be the one that **is called the bridegroom** in this instance? **You must say this is the infant,** since he is the one who entered the covenant of Abraham by means of the circumcision.


###### Nedarim 32a:3
[Nedarim 32a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:3)

דָּרֵשׁ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר בִּיזְנָא: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁנִּתְרַשֵּׁל מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ מִן הַמִּילָה, בָּאוּ ״אַף״ וְ״חֵימָה״ וּבְלָעוּהוּ, וְלֹא שִׁיְּירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶלָּא רַגְלָיו. מִיָּד ״וַתִּקַּח צִפֹּרָה צֹר וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת עׇרְלַת בְּנָהּ״, מִיָּד ״וַיִּרֶף מִמֶּנּוּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda bar Bizna taught: At the time that Moses our teacher was negligent about the circumcision,** the destructive angels named **Af,** meaning anger, **and Ḥeima,** meaning wrath, **came and swallowed him, and only his legs were left** outside. **Immediately, “Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son”** (Exodus 4:25), and **immediately “He let him alone”** (Exodus 4:26).


###### Nedarim 32a:4
[Nedarim 32a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:4)

בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה בִּיקֵּשׁ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ לְהוֹרְגָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הֶרֶף מֵאַף וַעֲזֹב חֵמָה״. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: לְחֵימָה הֲרָגוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״חֵמָה אֵין לִי״. וְהָכְתִיב: ״כִּי יָגֹרְתִּי מִפְּנֵי הָאַף וְהַחֵמָה״! תְּרֵי חֵימָה הֲווֹ. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: גּוּנְדָּא דְחֵימָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**At that moment, Moses our teacher wanted to kill them, as it is stated: “Cease from anger [*af* ] and forsake wrath [*ḥeima*]”** (Psalms 37:8), which indicates that he wanted to harm them. **And there are those who say: He killed** the angel named **Ḥeima, as it is stated: “Wrath is not in me”** (Isaiah 27:4). The Gemara asks: How is it possible to say that he killed Ḥeima? **Isn’t it written** that Moses himself said much later: **“For I was in dread of the anger and wrath”** (Deuteronomy 9:19)? The Gemara answers: **There are two** types of **wrath. And if you wish, say** that **the army of Ḥeima** remained but not the angel itself.


###### Nedarim 32a:5
[Nedarim 32a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:5)

תַּנְיָא רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: גְּדוֹלָה מִילָה, שֶׁאֵין לָךְ מִי שֶׁנִּתְעַסֵּק בְּמִצְוֹת כְּאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ, וְלֹא נִקְרָא תָּמִים אֶלָּא עַל שֵׁם מִילָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים״, וּכְתִיב: ״וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says: Great is** the mitzva of **circumcision, for there is no one who was engaged in mitzvot like Abraham our Patriarch, and** yet **he was called wholehearted only due to** the mitzva of **circumcision, as it is stated: “Walk before Me and you should be wholehearted”** (Genesis 17:1), **and it is written** in the next verse: **“And I will make My covenant between Me and you”** (Genesis 17:2), and Abraham was then commanded with regard to circumcision. This indicates that he was not called wholehearted until he performed circumcision.


###### Nedarim 32a:6
[Nedarim 32a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:6)

דָּבָר אַחֵר: גְּדוֹלָה מִילָה, שֶׁשְּׁקוּלָה כְּנֶגֶד כׇּל הַמִּצְוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי עַל פִּי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְגוֹ׳״, דָּבָר אַחֵר: גְּדוֹלָה מִילָה, שֶׁאִילְמָלֵא מִילָה לֹא נִתְקַיְּימוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִם לֹא בְּרִיתִי יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Alternatively,** so **great is** the mitzva of **circumcision that it is equal to all the mitzvot of the Torah, as it is stated** at the giving of the Torah: **“For according to these words** I have made a covenant with you and with Israel” (Exodus 34:27), and “covenant” refers to circumcision. **Alternatively,** so **great is** the mitzva of **circumcision that if not for circumcision heaven and earth would not have been established, as it is stated: “If My covenant be not with day and night,** I would not have appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25), and the covenant that exists day and night is the covenant of circumcision, as it is always found on the person’s body.


###### Nedarim 32a:7
[Nedarim 32a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:7)

וּפְלִיגָא דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: גְּדוֹלָה תּוֹרָה, שֶׁאִילְמָלֵא תּוֹרָה לֹא נִתְקַיְּימוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִם לֹא בְרִיתִי יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה חֻקּוֹת שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ לֹא שָׂמְתִּי וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And** this statement **disagrees** with the words **of Rabbi Eliezer, for Rabbi Eliezer said: Great is the Torah, for if not for Torah, heaven and earth would not have been established, as it is stated: “If My covenant be not with day and night,** I would not have appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25). According to Rabbi Eliezer, the covenant that exists day and night is the Torah, as it says: “You should contemplate it day and night” (Joshua 1:8).


###### Nedarim 32a:8
[Nedarim 32a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:8)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ ״הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים״ אֲחָזַתּוּ רְעָדָה. אָמַר: שֶׁמָּא יֵשׁ בִּי דָּבָר מְגוּנֶּה. כֵּיוָן שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ: ״וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ״, נִתְקָרְרָה דַּעְתּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda said** that **Rav said: At the time that the Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Abraham our Patriarch: “Walk before Me and you should be wholehearted”** (Genesis 17:1), a sensation of **trembling seized him** and **he said: Perhaps there is something disgraceful about me** due to a transgression that I committed, and therefore I cannot be called complete. **When** God **said to him: “And I will make My covenant between Me and you”** (Genesis 17:2), **his mind was set at ease,** since he understood that the removal of the foreskin that he was now commanded to do was the reason he had not yet achieved completion.


###### Nedarim 32a:9
[Nedarim 32a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:9)

״וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה״, אָמַר לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הִסְתַּכַּלְתִּי בַּמַּזָּל שֶׁלִּי וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא בֵּן אֶחָד. אָמַר לוֹ: צֵא מֵאִיצְטַגְנִינוּת שֶׁלְּךָ, אֵין מַזָּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara expounds the verse **“and He brought him outside”** (Genesis 15:5): Abraham **said before Him: Master of the Universe, I looked at my constellation and** according to it **I** will **have only one son,** and a son has already been born to me, i.e., Ishmael. **He said to him: Emerge from your astrology** because **there is no constellation for the Jewish people,** as they are not subject to the influence of astrology.


###### Nedarim 32a:10
[Nedarim 32a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:10)

אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: כׇּל הַמְתַמֵּים עַצְמוֹ — הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִתַּמֵּים עִמּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״עִם חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּד עִם גִּבּוֹר תָּמִים תִּתַּמָּם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Anyone who conducts himself with wholeheartedness, the Holy One, Blessed be He, treats him with wholeheartedness, as it is stated: “With the devout You act devoutly, and with the one who is strong in his wholeheartedness You act wholeheartedly”** (II Samuel 22:26).


###### Nedarim 32a:11
[Nedarim 32a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:11)

אָמַר רַבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָא: כׇּל הַמְתַמֵּים עַצְמוֹ — שָׁעָה עוֹמֶדֶת לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וֶהְיֵה תָמִים״, וּכְתִיב: ״וְהָיִיתָ לְאַב הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Hoshaya said: Anyone who acts wholeheartedly, time will stand for him,** i.e., he will be successful, **as it is stated: “Walk before Me and you should be wholehearted”** (Genesis 17:1), **and it is written: “And you shall be the father of a multitude of nations”** (Genesis 17:4).


###### Nedarim 32a:12
[Nedarim 32a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:12)

אָמַר רַבִּי: כֹּל הַמְנַחֵשׁ — לוֹ נַחַשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי לֹא נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב״. וְהָא בְּלָמֶד אָלֶף כְּתִיב! אֶלָּא מִשּׁוּם מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **said: Anyone who divines,** i.e., he guesses and looks for signs about the future, **the sign** will injure **him, as it is stated: “For there is to him [*lo*] divination with Jacob”** (Numbers 23:23). The Gemara asks: **But it is written** *lo* **with** the letters ***lamed alef*,** meaning “no divination,” as opposed to with the letters *lamed vav*, meaning “there is to him divination.” The straightforward meaning of the verse is that there is no divination with regard to Jacob. **Rather,** the reason that he will be injured is not based on the verse but rather **due to** the concept of **measure for measure:** Since he attempts to tell his fortune, it injures him.


###### Nedarim 32a:13
[Nedarim 32a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:13)

תָּנֵי אַהֲבָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי זֵירָא: כׇּל אָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְנַחֵשׁ, מַכְנִיסִין אוֹתוֹ בִּמְחִיצָה שֶׁאֲפִילּוּ מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת אֵין יְכוֹלִין לִיכָּנֵס בְּתוֹכָהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי לֹא נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא קֶסֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ahava, son of Rabbi Zeira, teaches: Any person who does not divine** his future **is brought inside a partition** close to God to a place **that even the ministering angels cannot enter inside, as it is stated: “For there is no divination with Jacob, neither is there any enchantment with Israel,** now it is said to Jacob and Israel what has God wrought” (Numbers 23:23). In other words, matters are revealed to Israel that even the angels do not know, since Israel is closer to God than the angels.


###### Nedarim 32a:14
[Nedarim 32a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:14)

אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מִפְּנֵי מָה נֶעֱנַשׁ אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ וְנִשְׁתַּעְבְּדוּ בָּנָיו לְמִצְרַיִם מָאתַיִם וְעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים — מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעָשָׂה אַנְגַּרְיָיא בְּתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיָּרֶק אֶת חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abbahu said** that **Rabbi Elazar said: For what reason was Abraham our Patriarch punished and his children enslaved to Egypt** for **210 years? Because he made a draft [*angarya*] of Torah scholars, as it is stated: “He led forth his trained men, born in his house”** (Genesis 14:14). These trained men that he took to war were actually his disciples, who were Torah scholars.


###### Nedarim 32a:15
[Nedarim 32a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:15)

וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִפְרִיז עַל מִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בַּמָּה אֵדַע כִּי אִירָשֶׁנָּה״. וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: שֶׁהִפְרִישׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם מִלְּהִכָּנֵס תַּחַת כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״תֶּן לִי הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻשׁ קַח לָךְ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Shmuel said: Because he greatly examined [*hifriz*] the characteristics of the Holy One, Blessed be He, as it is stated: “Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?”** (Genesis 15:8). **And Rabbi Yoḥanan said:** He was punished **because he distanced people from entering under the wings of the Divine Presence, as it is stated** that the king of Sodom said to him: **“Give me the people and take the goods to yourself”** (Genesis 14:21), but Abraham refused to take any goods either. If he had not listened to the king of Sodom and had allowed the people to remain with him, he would have brought the prisoners under the wings of the Divine Presence.


###### Nedarim 32a:16
[Nedarim 32a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:16)

״וַיָּרֶק אֶת חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ״, רַב אָמַר: שֶׁהוֹרִיקָן בַּתּוֹרָה. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: שֶׁהוֹרִיקָן בְּזָהָב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara returns to discuss one of the verses cited previously: **“He led forth [*vayyarek*] his trained men, born in his house”** (Genesis 14:14). **Rav said: He showered them [*horikan*] with Torah** like someone who pours from one vessel into another, **and Shmuel said: He showered them [*horikan*] with gold** and gave them an abundance of money so that they would go to war with him.


###### Nedarim 32a:17
[Nedarim 32a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:17)

״שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת״, אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי בַּר אַבָּא: אֱלִיעֶזֶר כְּנֶגֶד כּוּלָּם. אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: אֱלִיעֶזֶר הוּא, דְּחוּשְׁבָּנֵיהּ הָכִי הָוֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Torah states that he took **“eighteen and three hundred”** (Genesis 14:14) men to war. **Rabbi Ami bar Abba said: Eliezer** was **equivalent** to **all of them. There are** those **who say:** Only **Eliezer is** referred to here, **as the numerical value** of the letters of his name **is this** amount, i.e., 318.


###### Nedarim 32a:18
[Nedarim 32a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:18)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי בַּר אַבָּא: בֵּן שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים הִכִּיר אַבְרָהָם אֶת בּוֹרְאוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע אַבְרָהָם בְּקֹלִי״ — חוּשְׁבָּנֵיהּ מְאָה וְשִׁבְעִין וּתְרֵין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Ami bar Abba said: Abraham recognized his Creator at the age of three years, as it is stated: “Because [*ekev*] Abraham hearkened to My voice”** (Genesis 26:5). **The numerical value** of the letters of the word *ekev* is **172,** indicating that he observed the *halakha* for this many years. If Abraham lived until 175 then his first recognition of the Creator must have been at the age of three.


###### Nedarim 32a:19
[Nedarim 32a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/32a:19)

וְאָמַר רָמֵי בַּר אַבָּא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rami bar Abba said** in a similar manner: