## Nedarim Daf 78a

###### Nedarim 78a:1
[Nedarim 78a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:1)

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

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**“This is the thing”** (Numbers 30:2), to teach that the husband nullifies vows and **a halakhic authority dissolves** vows, **but a husband does not dissolve** them. It **is taught** in **another** *baraita*: The phrase **“this is the thing”** teaches that **a husband nullifies** vows **but a halakhic authority does not nullify** vows. **As,** one **might** have thought: **Just as a husband, who cannot dissolve** vows, nevertheless **nullifies** them, so too with regard to **a halakhic authority, who can dissolve** vows, **is it not logical that he should** also **nullify** them? Therefore, **the verse states: “This is the thing,”** to teach us that **a husband nullifies** vows, **but a halakhic authority does not nullify** them.


###### Nedarim 78a:2
[Nedarim 78a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:2)

נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״זֶה הַדָּבָר״, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן ״זֶה הַדָּבָר״ בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ. מָה בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ — אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְכׇל יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַף פָּרָשַׁת נְדָרִים — אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְכׇל יִשְׂרָאֵל. וּמָה כָּאן רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת — אַף לְהַלָּן רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is taught in a *baraita*: **It is stated here,** with regard to vows: **“This is the thing,” and it is stated elsewhere:** “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: **This is the thing** which the Lord has commanded, saying” (Leviticus 17:2), **in** the verse introducing the prohibition against **slaughtering** offerings **outside** of the Temple courtyard. **Just as with regard to** offerings **slaughtered outside** the Temple courtyard, the verse is directed to **Aaron and his sons and all** of **Israel, so too, the portion** in the Torah **about vows** is directed to **Aaron and his sons and all** of **Israel. And just as here,** with regard to vows, the verse states: “And Moses spoke to **the heads of the tribes** of the children of Israel” (Numbers 30:2), **so too, there,** with regard to offerings slaughtered outside the Temple courtyard, Moses spoke to **the heads of the tribes.**


###### Nedarim 78a:3
[Nedarim 78a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:3)

בְּפָרָשַׁת נְדָרִים לְמַאי הִלְכְתָא? אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב: לְהַכְשִׁיר שְׁלֹשָׁה הֶדְיוֹטוֹת. וְהָא ״רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת״ כְּתִיב! אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא וְאִיתֵּימָא רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: בְּיָחִיד מוּמְחֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **With regard to the** Torah **portion on vows, for what *halakha*** is the verbal analogy between it and slaughtering offerings outside the Temple courtyard taught? **Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov says:** The verbal analogy is the source **to authorize three laymen** to dissolve vows. The Gemara raises a difficulty: **But isn’t it written: “The heads of the tribes”? Rav Ḥisda said, and some say** it was **Rabbi Yoḥanan:** From the phrase “the heads of the tribes” the Sages derive that vows can also be dissolved **by a single expert.**


###### Nedarim 78a:4
[Nedarim 78a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:4)

רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ לְמַאי הִלְכְתָא? אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: לוֹמַר שֶׁיֵּשׁ שְׁאֵלָה בְּהֶקְדֵּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara then asks the corresponding question about the other passage. The verbal analogy connects **“the heads of the tribes” to** offerings **slaughtered outside** of the Temple courtyard. **For what *halakha*** is this connection made? **Rav Sheshet said:** This connection is made in order **to say that there is** a concept of **requesting** dissolution of consecration **of consecrated** property.


###### Nedarim 78a:5
[Nedarim 78a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:5)

לְבֵית שַׁמַּאי דְּאָמַר אֵין שְׁאֵלָה בְּהֶקְדֵּשׁ, ״רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת״ דִּכְתִיב בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ לְמַאי הִלְכְתָא? בֵּית שַׁמַּאי לֵית לְהוּ גְּזֵירָה שָׁוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **According to Beit Shammai, who say** that **there is no** possibility of **requesting** from a halakhic authority to cancel the consecration **of consecrated** property, the treatment of the verse **“the heads of the tribes” as** if **it were written** also **about** offerings **slaughtered outside** the Temple courtyard serves **to** teach **what *halakha*?** The Gemara answers: **Beit Shammai do not have** a tradition of interpreting the verses in accordance with this **verbal analogy.**


###### Nedarim 78a:6
[Nedarim 78a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:6)

״זֶה הַדָּבָר״ בְּפָרָשַׁת נְדָרִים לְמַאי כְּתִיב? לוֹמַר: חָכָם מַתִּיר וְאֵין בַּעַל מַתִּיר, בַּעַל מֵפֵר וְאֵין חָכָם מֵפֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: Since Beit Shammai do not use this verbal analogy, **for what** purpose **is “this is the thing,” in the portion on vows, written?** The Gemara answers: It is written **to say** that only **a halakhic authority dissolves** vows, **but a husband does not dissolve** them; **a husband nullifies** vows, **but a halakhic authority does not nullify** them.


###### Nedarim 78a:7
[Nedarim 78a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:7)

״זֶה הַדָּבָר״ בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ לְמַאי כְּתִיב? לוֹמַר: עַל הַשְּׁחִיטָה חַיָּיב, וְאֵין חַיָּיב עַל הַמְּלִיקָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
According to Beit Shammai, **for what** purpose **is written** the phrase **“this is the thing,”** found **in** the portion on offerings **slaughtered outside** of the Temple courtyard? The Gemara answers: It is written **to say** that one **is liable for slaughtering** outside, **but** one is **not liable for pinching** the neck of a bird-offering outside the Temple courtyard, although that is the way it would be killed if it were a valid offering in the Temple.


###### Nedarim 78a:8
[Nedarim 78a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:8)

אֶלָּא לְבֵית שַׁמַּאי, לְהַכְשִׁיר שְׁלֹשָׁה הֶדְיוֹטוֹת מְנָלַן? נָפְקָא לְהוּ מִדְּרַב אַסִּי בַּר נָתָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But according to Beit Shammai,** who do not accept the verbal analogy between vows and the prohibition against slaughtering offerings outside of the Temple courtyard, **from where do we** derive the source **to authorize three laymen** to dissolve vows? The Gemara answers: Beit Shammai **derive it from** the explanation given to **Rav Asi bar Natan.**


###### Nedarim 78a:9
[Nedarim 78a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:9)

דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶת מֹעֲדֵי ה׳ אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״, וְהָתַנְיָא, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: ״מוֹעֲדֵי״ נֶאֶמְרוּ, וְלֹא נֶאֶמְרָה שַׁבַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית עִמָּהֶן. בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר: ״מוֹעֲדֵי״ נֶאֶמְרוּ, וְלֹא נֶאֱמַר פָּרָשַׁת נְדָרִים עִמָּהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This is **as it is written: “And Moses declared the Festivals of the Lord to the children of Israel”** (Leviticus 23:44). **And it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Yosei HaGelili says: The Festivals are stated, but Shabbat,** which commemorates **Creation, is not stated with them. Ben Azzai says: The Festivals are stated, but the portion on vows is not stated with them.**


###### Nedarim 78a:10
[Nedarim 78a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:10)

רַב אַסִּי בַּר נָתָן קַשְׁיָא לֵיהּ הָא מַתְנִיתָא. אֲתָא לִנְהַרְדְּעָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב שֵׁשֶׁת וְלָא אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ, אֲתָא אַבָּתְרֵיהּ לְמָחוֹזָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מוֹעֲדֵי ה׳ נֶאֶמְרוּ, וְלֹא נֶאֶמְרָה שַׁבַּת בְּרֵאשִׁית עִמָּהֶן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **Rav Asi bar Natan had a difficulty with this *baraita*. He came to Neharde’a** to ask about it **before Rav Sheshet, but he did not find him** there. **He pursued him to Meḥoza** and **said to** him: How can the *baraita* say that **the Festivals of the Lord were stated, but Shabbat,** which commemorates **Creation, was not stated with them?**


###### Nedarim 78a:11
[Nedarim 78a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/78a:11)

וְהָא כְּתִיב שַׁבָּת עִמָּהֶן! וְתוּ: מוֹעֲדֵי ה׳ נֶאֶמְרוּ, וְלֹא נֶאֶמְרָה פָּרָשַׁת נְדָרִים עִמָּהֶן? וְהָא מִסִּיטְרָא כְּתִיבָא! אֲמַר לֵיהּ, הָכִי קָתָנֵי:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But Shabbat is written with them** in the portions of the Torah about the Festivals (Leviticus 23:3; Numbers 28:9–10). **And furthermore,** can it be said that **the Festivals of the Lord are stated, but the portion on vows** (Numbers, chapter 30) **is not stated with them? Isn’t it next to** one of the portions in the Torah detailing the *halakhot* of the Festivals (Numbers, chapters 28–29)? Rav Sheshet **said to him: This is what** Rabbi Yosei HaGelili’s statement in the *baraita* **is teaching:**