## Nedarim Daf 56a

###### Nedarim 56a:1
[Nedarim 56a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/56a:1)

**מַתְנִי׳** הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַבַּיִת — מוּתָּר בַּעֲלִיָּיה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: עֲלִיָּיה בִּכְלַל הַבַּיִת. הַנּוֹדֵר מִן עֲלִיָּיה — מוּתָּר בְּבַיִת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** For **one who vows** that **a house** is forbidden **to** him, entry **is permitted** for him **in the upper story** of the house; this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. And the Rabbis say: An upper story is included** in **the house,** and therefore, entry is prohibited there as well. However, for **one who vows** that **an upper story** is forbidden **to** him, entry **is permitted in the house,** as the ground floor is not included in the upper story.


###### Nedarim 56a:2
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**גְּמָ׳** מַאן תְּנָא ״בְּבֵית״ לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַיָּצִיעַ, ״בְּבֵית״ לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָעֲלִיָּיה? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: רַבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא, דְּאִי רַבָּנַן, הָאָמְרִי רַבָּנַן: עֲלִיָּיה בִּכְלַל הַבַּיִת, לְמָה לִי קְרָא ״בְּבֵית״ לְרִיבּוּיָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **Who** is the *tanna* who **taught** with regard to the *halakhot* of leprosy that in the verse “it appears to me as it were a plague in the house” (Leviticus 14:35), the term **“in the house”** comes **to include the gallery,** a half story above the ground floor, and **“in the house”** comes **to include the upper story? Rav Ḥisda said:** The *tanna* is **Rabbi Meir, as, if** the *tanna* were **the Rabbis, didn’t the Rabbis say** that **a second story is included in the house? Why** then **do I** need the **verse** containing the phrase **“in the house” to include** the second story?


###### Nedarim 56a:3
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אַבָּיֵי אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבָּנַן, בָּעֲיָא קְרָא. דְּסָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא ״בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם״ כְּתִיב. דִּמְחַבַּר בְּאַרְעָא — שְׁמֵיהּ בַּיִת, עֲלִיָּיה — הָא לָא מְחַבַּר בְּאַרְעָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: Even if you would say** that the *tanna* is **the Rabbis,** they too **require a verse** to include the second story in this case, **as it might enter your mind to say** that since **it is written: “In a house of the land of your possession”** (Leviticus 14:34), only that **which is attached to the ground** has the **status of a house** but with regard to **a second story, that is not attached to the ground.** Even according to the Rabbis, the verse is necessary to prevent the conclusion that the legal status of a second story is not that of a house with regard to leprosy.


###### Nedarim 56a:4
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כְּמַאן אָזְלָא הָא דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא בַּר חִיָּיא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּעוּלָּא: ״בַּיִת בְּבֵיתִי אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ — מַרְאֵהוּ עֲלִיָּיה. טַעְמָא דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ ״בַּיִת שֶׁבְּבֵיתִי אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״, אֲבָל ״בַּיִת״ סְתָם — אֵינוֹ מַרְאֵהוּ עֲלִיָּיה. לֵימָא, רַבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא? אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבָּנַן, מַאי ״עֲלִיָּיה״ — מְעוּלָּה שֶׁבַּבָּתִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **In accordance with whose** opinion **is that which Rav Huna bar Ḥiyya said in the name of Ulla?** If the seller says to the buyer: **A house in my house I am selling to you, he may show** the buyer that he purchased the **second story [*aliyya*].** The Gemara infers: **The reason is that** the seller **said to him: A house in my house I am selling to you. However, if** he sold him **a house, unspecified, he may not show him a second story. Let us say** that **this** is the opinion of **Rabbi Meir,** who states that the second story is not included in the house. The Gemara rejects this claim: **Even if you would say** that it is in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis, what is** the meaning of the term ***aliyya*** in this context? It does not mean second story; it means **the most outstanding of the houses.** Rav Huna bar Ḥiyya said in the name of Ulla that when one says a house in my house, he must show him the most outstanding part of his house. However, if he sold him a house without specification, he may show him a second story.


###### Nedarim 56a:5
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**מַתְנִי׳** הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַמִּטָּה — מוּתָּר בַּדַּרְגֵּשׁ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: דַּרְגֵּשׁ בִּכְלַל מִטָּה. הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַדַּרְגֵּשׁ — מוּתָּר בַּמִּטָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** For **one who vows** that **a bed** is forbidden **to** him, it **is permitted** to lie **in a *dargash*,** which is not commonly called a bed; this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. And the Rabbis say: A *dargash* is included** in the category of **a bed.** Everyone agrees that for **one who vows** that **a *dargash*** is forbidden **to** him, it **is permitted** to lie **in a bed.**


###### Nedarim 56a:6
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**גְּמָ׳** מַאי דַּרְגֵּשׁ? אָמַר עוּלָּא: עַרְסָא דְגַדָּא. אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן לְעוּלָּא, הָא דִּתְנַן: כְּשֶׁהֵן מַבְרִין אוֹתוֹ, כׇּל הָעָם מְסוּבִּין עַל הָאָרֶץ וְהוּא מֵיסֵב עַל הַדַּרְגֵּשׁ. כּוּלָּהּ שַׁתָּא לָא יָתֵיב עֲלֵהּ, הָהוּא יוֹמָא יָתֵיב עֲלֵהּ? מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רָבִינָא: מִידֵּי דְּהָוֵה אַבָּשָׂר וְיַיִן, דְּכוּלַּהּ שַׁתָּא אִי בָּעֵי — אָכֵיל, וְאִי בָּעֵי — לָא אָכֵיל, הָהוּא יוֹמָא אֲנַן יָהֲבִינַן לֵיהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **What is a *dargash*? Ulla said:** It is **a bed of** good **fortune,** placed in the house as a fortuitous omen, and not designated for sleeping. **The Rabbis said to Ulla: That which we learned** in a mishna: **When** the people **serve** the king the **meal of comfort** after he buries a relative, **all the people recline on the ground and** the king **reclines on a *dargash*** during the meal. According to your explanation, during **the entire year he does not sit on** the bed; on **that day** of the funeral **he sits on it? Ravina objects to** the question of the Rabbis: This anomaly is **just as it is** with regard **to meat and wine, as** throughout **the entire year if he wishes he eats** them, **and if he wishes he does not eat** them; on **that day** of the funeral, **we give him** meat and wine in the meal of comfort.


###### Nedarim 56a:7
[Nedarim 56a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/56a:7)

אֶלָּא הָא קַשְׁיָא, דְּתַנְיָא: דַּרְגֵּשׁ לֹא הָיָה כּוֹפֵהוּ, אֶלָּא זוֹקְפוֹ. וְאִי אָמְרַתְּ עַרְסָא דְגַדָּא הוּא, וְהָתַנְיָא: הַכּוֹפֶה אֶת מִטָּתוֹ — לֹא מִטָּתוֹ בִּלְבַד הוּא כּוֹפֶה, אֶלָּא כׇּל מִטּוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת הוּא כּוֹפֶה! הָא לָא קַשְׁיָא,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, this is difficult, as it is taught** in a *baraita* with regard to the custom of overturning the beds in the house of a mourner: With regard to **a *dargash*** in his house, the mourner **would not overturn it, but** he merely **stands it** on its side. **And if you say** that a *dargash* **is a bed of fortune, isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: A mourner **who** is required to **overturn his bed** is required to **overturn not only his own bed, but** to **overturn all of the beds that he has inside his house,** even those not used for sleeping. Why, then, is he not required to overturn the *dargash*? The Gemara rejects this contention: **This** is **not difficult;**