## Nedarim Daf 77b

###### Nedarim 77b:1
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בְּקִיטוֹנָא דְבֵי רַב, עוֹמֵד, יְחִידִי, וּבַלַּיְלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**in** a side **room [*kitona*] of the study hall,** while **standing, alone and at night.**


###### Nedarim 77b:2
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אָמַר רַבָּה אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: הֲלָכָה, נִשְׁאָלִין נְדָרִים עוֹמֵד, יְחִידִי, וּבַלַּיְלָה, וּבַשַּׁבָּת, וּבִקְרוֹבִים, וַאֲפִילּוּ הָיָה לָהֶן פְּנַאי מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba said** that **Rav Naḥman said:** The ***halakha*** is that **one can request** the dissolution of **vows** even when the halakhic authority is **standing** or **alone,** i.e., without a court of three, as long as he is a halakhic authority, **and** that one can do so **at night, on Shabbat, and by relatives, and even** when **those** requesting dissolution on Shabbat **had the opportunity** to do so **while it was still day,** i.e., before Shabbat.


###### Nedarim 77b:3
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עוֹמֵד? וְהָתַנְיָא: יָרַד רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מִן הַחֲמוֹר וְנִתְעַטֵּף וְיָשַׁב וְהִתִּיר לוֹ נִדְרוֹ. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל סָבַר: פּוֹתְחִין בַּחֲרָטָה. מִיעְקַר נִדְרָא בָּעִינַן, וּבָעֵי עַיּוֹנֵי, אַהָכִי יָשַׁב. וְרַב נַחְמָן סָבַר: אֵין פּוֹתְחִין בַּחֲרָטָה, וַאֲפִילּוּ מְעוּמָּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty with this ruling: Can a judge dissolve a vow while **standing? But it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabban Gamliel alighted from a donkey, and wrapped himself** in his shawl in the customary manner of a judge, **and sat, and dissolved** a man’s **vow for him.** If one can dissolve a vow while standing, why did he sit? The Gemara explains: **Rabban Gamliel holds** that one must **broach** dissolution based **on regret.** In other words, a halakhic authority does not dissolve vows directly, but must prompt the one who took the vow to concede that he regrets having taken the vow in the first place. **We require that the vow be uprooted, and he needed to examine** the case; **therefore, he sat down. But Rav Naḥman holds** that one need **not broach** dissolution based **on regret, and** therefore a halakhic authority can dissolve the vow **even** while **standing.**


###### Nedarim 77b:4
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא לְרַב נַחְמָן: חֲזִי מָר הַאי מֵרַבָּנַן דַּאֲתָא מִמַּעְרְבָא וְאָמַר: אִיזְדְּקִיקוּ לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן לִבְרֵיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא בַּר אָבִין, וּשְׁרוֹ לֵיהּ נִדְרֵיהּ וַאֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: זִיל וּבְעִי רַחֲמֵי עַל נַפְשָׁךְ דַּחֲטָאת. דְּתָנֵי רַב דִּימִי אֲחוּהּ דְּרַב סָפְרָא: כׇּל הַנּוֹדֵר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא מְקַיְּימוֹ — נִקְרָא חוֹטֵא. אָמַר רַב זְבִיד: מַאי קְרָא — ״וְכִי תֶחְדַּל לִנְדֹּר לֹא יִהְיֶה בְךָ חֵטְא״, הָא לֹא חָדַלְתָּ — אִיכָּא חֵטְא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said to Rav Naḥman: Master, see that Sage who came from the West,** Eretz Yisrael, **and** who **said: The Sages attended to** the dissolution of a vow taken by **the son of Rav Huna bar Avin, and they dissolved his vow and said to him: Go and request mercy for yourself, for you have sinned** by taking a vow. **As Rav Dimi, the brother of Rav Safra teaches:** With regard to **anyone who takes a vow, even if he fulfills it, he is called a sinner. Rav Zevid said: What verse** teaches this? It is: **“But if you refrain to vow, it will be no sin in you”** (Deuteronomy 23:23). It may be inferred **that** if **you did not refrain** from taking vows, **there is sin.**


###### Nedarim 77b:5
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תַּנְיָא: הָאוֹמֵר לְאִשְׁתּוֹ ״כׇּל נְדָרִים שֶׁתִּדּוֹרִי, אִי אֶפְשִׁי שֶׁתִּדּוֹרִי״, ״אֵין זֶה נֶדֶר״ — לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם. ״יָפֶה עָשִׂית״, וְ״אֵין כְּמוֹתֵךְ״, וְ״אִם לֹא נָדַרְתְּ, מַדִּירֵךְ אֲנִי״ — דְּבָרָיו קַיָּימִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **It is taught** in a *baraita*: **One who says to his wife: Any vows which you will vow, I do not want [*ee efshi*] you to vow,** or one who wants to nullify a vow and says: **This is not a vow, has not said anything,** as this is not a valid formula of nullification. If he says: **You have done well,** or: **There are none like you,** or: **If you had not taken a vow, I, myself, would have taken a vow** to obligate **you** in this, **his statement is substantial,** and the vow is ratified.


###### Nedarim 77b:6
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לֹא יֹאמַר אָדָם לְאִשְׁתּוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת ״מוּפָר לִיכִי״, ״בָּטֵיל לִיכִי״, כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁאוֹמֵר לָהּ בַּחוֹל, אֶלָּא אוֹמֵר לָהּ: ״טְלִי וְאִכְלִי״, ״טְלִי וּשְׁתִי״, וְהַנֶּדֶר בָּטֵל מֵאֵלָיו. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: וְצָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A man should not say to his wife** when nullifying her vows **on Shabbat: It is nullified for you,** or: **It is canceled for you, in the manner that he would say to her on weekdays. Rather, he should say to her,** if she took a vow to refrain from food or drink: **Take** this **and eat** it, or: **Take** this **and drink** it, **and the vow is canceled on its own. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: And he must** also **cancel** the vow **in his heart;** simply telling her to eat or drink is not sufficient.


###### Nedarim 77b:7
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תַּנְיָא, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים: בַּשַּׁבָּת מְבַטֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ, בַּחוֹל מוֹצִיא בִּשְׂפָתָיו. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: אֶחָד זֶה וְאֶחָד זֶה — מְבַטֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לְהוֹצִיא בִּשְׂפָתָיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita*: **Beit Shammai say: On Shabbat he cancels** the vow **in his heart** and **on a weekday he articulates** the nullification **with his lips. And Beit Hillel say: Both** in **this** case **and** in **that** case, i.e., whether on Shabbat or a weekday, it is sufficient if **he cancels** the vow **in his heart, and he need not articulate with his lips.**


###### Nedarim 77b:8
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אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: חָכָם שֶׁאָמַר בִּלְשׁוֹן בַּעַל, וּבַעַל שֶׁאָמַר בִּלְשׁוֹן חָכָם — לָא אָמַר כְּלוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A halakhic authority who pronounced** his dissolution of a vow **with language** appropriate to **a husband,** i.e., he said the word nullified instead of dissolved, **or a husband who pronounced** his nullification of a vow **with language** appropriate to **a halakhic authority,** i.e., he said the word dissolved instead of nullified, **has not said anything.** Each of them has the authority to cancel a vow only in the particular manner allotted to him.


###### Nedarim 77b:9
[Nedarim 77b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/77b:9)

דְּתַנְיָא: ״זֶה הַדָּבָר״ — הֶחָכָם מַתִּיר וְאֵין בַּעַל מַתִּיר. שֶׁיָּכוֹל: וּמָה חָכָם שֶׁאֵין מֵפֵר — מַתִּיר, בַּעַל שֶׁמֵּפֵר — אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁמַּתִּיר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in a *baraita*: The verse **“This is the thing** which the Lord has commanded” (Numbers 30:2) indicates that the husband’s nullification, which is the topic of the subsequent verses, must be done specifically in this way. The Sages concluded that **a halakhic authority dissolves** a vow, **but a husband does not dissolve** it. **As,** one **might** have thought: **And just as a halakhic authority, who cannot nullify** vows, nevertheless **dissolves** them, so too with regard to **a husband, who can nullify** vows, **is it not logical that he should** also **dissolve** them? Therefore, **the verse states:**