## Nedarim Daf 88b

###### Nedarim 88b:1
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כְּמַאן אָזְלָא הָא שְׁמַעְתָּא דְּרַב — כְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר, דְּאָמַר: יַד אִשָּׁה כְּיַד בַּעְלָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**In accordance with whose** opinion among the *tanna’im* **does Rav’s *halakha* correspond?** It is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Meir, who said** as a principle that **the hand of a woman is like the hand of her husband.** According to Rabbi Meir, a slave has no independent right of acquisition, and anything given to a slave belongs to his master even if it was stipulated otherwise (see *Kiddushin* 23b). Rav assumes that similarly, a married woman has no independent right of acquisition, but rather, anything that she attempts to acquire for herself is automatically acquired by her husband.


###### Nedarim 88b:2
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וּרְמִינְהוּ: כֵּיצַד מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין בְּמָבוֹי? מַנִּיחַ אֶת הֶחָבִית וְאוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי זֶה לְכׇל בְּנֵי מָבוֹי. וּמְזַכֶּה לָהֶן עַל יְדֵי עַבְדּוֹ וְשִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִים, וְעַל יְדֵי בְּנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ הַגְּדוֹלִים, וְעַל יְדֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Zeira continues: **And raise a contradiction** from an unattributed mishna (*Eiruvin* 73b), which presumably follows the opinion of Rabbi Meir: **How does one merge** the courtyards that open **into an alleyway** in order to permit its residents to carry on Shabbat from one courtyard to another in the same alley, if a person wishes to act on behalf of all the residents of the alleyway? **He places a barrel** filled with his own food or wine **and says: This is for all the residents of the alleyway.** For this gift to be acquired by the others, someone must accept it on their behalf, **and** the *tanna* therefore teaches that **he may transfer possession to them** even **by means of his Hebrew slave or maidservant,** whom he does not own, **and** likewise **by means of his adult son or daughter, and** similarly **by means of his wife.** These people may acquire the *eiruv* food on behalf of all the residents of the alleyway.


###### Nedarim 88b:3
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וְאִי אָמְרַתְּ קְנָה יָתְהוֹן בַּעְלַהּ, עֵירוּב לָא נָפֵיק מֵרְשׁוּתֵיהּ דְּבַעַל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Zeira states the contradiction: **And if you say** that a woman’s **husband acquires** anything given to her, **the *eiruv*** food **has** consequently **not left the husband’s domain** when he gives it to his wife, for anything she acquires belongs to him. Rather, it can be seen from here that Rabbi Meir does not extend his principle from a slave to a married woman, in opposition of the ruling of Rav.


###### Nedarim 88b:4
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אָמַר רָבָא: אַף עַל גַּב דְּאָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר יַד אִשָּׁה כְּיַד בַּעְלָהּ, מוֹדֶה רַבִּי מֵאִיר לְעִנְיַן שִׁיתּוּף, דְּכֵיוָן דִּלְזַכּוֹת לַאֲחֵרִים הוּא מִיַּד בַּעְלָהּ — זָכְיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said** in response: **Even though Rabbi Meir said** that in general **the hand of a woman is like the hand of her husband,** in accordance with the ruling of Rav, **Rabbi Meir** nevertheless **concedes with regard to the merging** of alleyways **that since it** is her aim **to acquire** the *eiruv* food **for others from the hand of her husband,** and not to acquire it for herself, **she can acquire** it from him for this purpose.


###### Nedarim 88b:5
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אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אֵלּוּ שֶׁזָּכִין לָהֶן: [עַל יְדֵי] בְּנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ הַגְּדוֹלִים, וְעַבְדּוֹ וְשִׁפְחָתוֹ הָעִבְרִים. וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁאֵין זָכִין לָהֶן: עַל יְדֵי בְּנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ הַקְּטַנִּים, וְעַבְדּוֹ וְשִׁפְחָתוֹ הַכְּנַעֲנִים, וְאִשְׁתּוֹ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina raised an objection to Rav Ashi** from the following *baraita*: **These are** the people **who can acquire** *eiruv* food **on behalf of** others: The *eiruv* food can be acquired **by means of his adult son or daughter, and** by means of **his Hebrew slave or maidservant. And these are** the people **who cannot acquire** an *eiruv* **on behalf of** others: The *eiruv* food cannot be acquired **by means of his minor son or daughter, or** by means of **his Canaanite slave or maidservant, or** by means of **his wife.** This indicates that a married woman does not have an independent right of acquisition to acquire the *eiruv* food on behalf of others, in opposition to the ruling of the mishna.


###### Nedarim 88b:6
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: מַתְנִיתִין בְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ חָצֵר בְּאוֹתוֹ מָבוֹי עָסְקִינַן, דְּמִגּוֹ דְּזָכְיָא לְנַפְשַׁהּ — זָכְיָא לְאַחֲרִינֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rav Ashi said:** In **the mishna** in *Eiruvin*, **we are dealing with** a woman **who possesses a courtyard** of her own **in that alleyway,** i.e., it is a case where the husband had earlier stipulated that she should have property of her own, to which he renounces all his rights. **As, since she acquires** the *eiruv* food **for herself** by virtue of the courtyard that she owns in that alleyway, **she** likewise **acquires** it **for others.**


###### Nedarim 88b:7
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**מַתְנִי׳** ״וְנֵדֶר אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁהּ יָקוּם עָלֶיהָ״, כֵּיצַד? אָמְרָה ״הֲרֵינִי נְזִירָה לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם״, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּשֵּׂאת בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם — אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהָפֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** The Torah states: **“But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced,** with which she has bound her soul, **shall stand against her”** (Numbers 30:10). **How so?** If a widow or divorced woman **said: I am hereby a nazirite after thirty days,** then **even if she was married within thirty days,** her new husband **cannot nullify** her vow.