## Nedarim Daf 8a

###### Nedarim 8a:1
[Nedarim 8a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:1)

מִנַּיִן שֶׁנִּשְׁבָּעִין לְקַיֵּים אֶת הַמִּצְוָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי וָאֲקַיֵּמָה לִשְׁמֹר מִשְׁפְּטֵי צִדְקֶךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**From where** is it derived **that one may take an oath to fulfill a mitzva?** It is **as it is stated: “I have sworn and I have confirmed it, to observe Your righteous ordinances”** (Psalms 119:106).


###### Nedarim 8a:2
[Nedarim 8a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:2)

וַהֲלֹא מוּשְׁבָּע וְעוֹמֵד מֵהַר סִינַי הוּא. אֶלָּא הָא קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן דְּשָׁרֵי לֵיהּ לְאִינִישׁ לְזָרוֹזֵי נַפְשֵׁיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Is he not already under oath from** when each Jew took an oath at **Mount Sinai** to fulfill all the mitzvot? An oath cannot take effect if one is already bound by a different oath. **Rather,** it **teaches us this: It is permitted for a man to motivate himself** to fulfill the mitzvot in this manner, although the oath is not technically valid.


###### Nedarim 8a:3
[Nedarim 8a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:3)

וְאָמַר רַב גִּידֵּל אָמַר רַב: הָאוֹמֵר ״אַשְׁכִּים וְאֶשְׁנֶה פֶּרֶק זֶה״ ״אֶשְׁנֶה מַסֶּכְתָּא זוֹ״ — נֶדֶר גָּדוֹל נָדַר לֵאלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וַהֲלֹא מוּשְׁבָּע וְעוֹמֵד הוּא, וְאֵין שְׁבוּעָה חָלָה עַל שְׁבוּעָה! מַאי קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן, דַּאֲפִילּוּ זָרוֹזֵי בְּעָלְמָא — הַיְינוּ דְּרַב גִּידֵּל קַמַּיְיתָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Giddel said** that **Rav said: One who says: I will rise early and study this chapter,** or: **I will study this tractate, has taken a great vow to the God of Israel.** This clearly indicates that the vow takes effect. The Gemara asks: **Is he not already under oath** due to the general obligation to study Torah? **And an oath does not take effect upon a** preexisting **oath. What is he teaching us?** If one claims that Rav Giddel is teaching **that** such a vow may be made **even merely** to **motivate oneself** to study, **this is** the same as **the first** statement **of Rav Giddel.**


###### Nedarim 8a:4
[Nedarim 8a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:4)

הָא קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן: כֵּיוָן דְּאִי בָּעֵי פָּטַר נַפְשֵׁיהּ בִּקְרִיַּת שְׁמַע שַׁחֲרִית וְעַרְבִית, מִשּׁוּם הָכִי חָיֵיל שְׁבוּעָה עֲלֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: It **teaches us this: Since if he desires he can exempt himself** from the obligation to study Torah **with the recitation** of ***Shema*** in the **morning and evening, due to that** reason **the oath takes effect upon him** and he is obligated to study the chapter or tractate that he specified.


###### Nedarim 8a:5
[Nedarim 8a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:5)

אָמַר רַב גִּידֵּל אָמַר רַב: הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ ״נַשְׁכִּים וְנִשְׁנֶה פֶּרֶק זֶה״ — עָלָיו לְהַשְׁכִּים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי (בֶּן אָדָם) קוּם צֵא אֶל הַבִּקְעָה וְשָׁם אֲדַבֵּר אוֹתָךְ וָאֵצֵא אֶל הַבִּקְעָה וְהִנֵּה שָׁם כְּבוֹד ה׳ עֹמֵד״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Giddel said** that **Rav said:** With regard to **one who says to another: Let us rise early and study this chapter,** and they agree to do so, **it is** incumbent **upon him to rise early** and be the first to arrive, because it was his initiative. There is an allusion to this in a verse, **as it is stated: “And He said to me: Arise, go forth into the plain, and there I will speak with you.** Then I arose **and went forth into the plain; and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there”** (Ezekiel 3:22–23). God invited Ezekiel to that place, and His glory arrived before Ezekiel did.


###### Nedarim 8a:6
[Nedarim 8a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:6)

אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: נִידּוּהוּ בַּחֲלוֹם, צָרִיךְ עֲשָׂרָה בְּנֵי אָדָם לְהַתִּיר לוֹ, וְהוּא דְּתָנוּ הִלְכְתָא, אֲבָל מַתְנוּ וְלָא תָּנוּ — לָא. וְאִי לֵיכָּא דְּתָנוּ הִלְכְתָא — אֲפִילּוּ מַתְנוּ וְלָא תָּנוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yosef said: One** who **was ostracized in a dream requires ten people to dissolve** the ostracism **for him. And** the ostracism can be dissolved **only** by those **who have studied *halakha*,** i.e., by Torah scholars. **However,** if they have **recited Mishna and have not studied** *halakha*, **no,** they are not fit to dissolve the ostracism. **And if there are not** ten people **who have studied *halakha*,** then **even** those **who have recited Mishna and have not studied** *halakha* are fit to dissolve the ostracism.


###### Nedarim 8a:7
[Nedarim 8a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:7)

וְאִי לֵיכָּא — לֵיזִיל וְלִיתֵּב אַפָּרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים וְיָהֵיב שְׁלָמָא לְבֵי עַשְׂרָה, עַד דְּמִקַּלְעִי לֵיהּ עַשְׂרָה דְּגָמְרִי הִלְכְתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if there are not** even ten people who have studied Mishna, **let him go and sit at the crossroads and extend** a greeting of ***shalom*,** meaning peace, **to ten people,** who will respond with a similar greeting, **until ten** individuals **who have studied *halakha* happen to come to him.**


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

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: יָדַע מַאן שַׁמְתֵּיהּ, מַהוּ דְּלִישְׁרֵי לֵיהּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לְשַׁמּוֹתֵיהּ שַׁוְּיוּהּ שָׁלִיחַ, לְמִישְׁרֵי לֵיהּ לָא שַׁוְּיוּהּ שָׁלִיחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said to Rav Ashi:** If **he knows who excommunicated him** in his dream, **what is** the *halakha*? Can that individual **dissolve** the excommunication **for him?** Rav Ashi **said to him:** It is possible that **he was appointed** by Heaven **as an agent to excommunicate him,** but **he was not appointed as an agent to dissolve** the excommunication **for him.** Consequently, the excommunication can be dissolved only by ten people.


###### Nedarim 8a:9
[Nedarim 8a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/8a:9)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: שַׁמְּתֻיהּ וּשְׁרוֹ לֵיהּ בְּחֶלְמֵיהּ, מַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לַבָּר בְּלֹא תֶּבֶן,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa said to Rav Ashi:** If **he was excommunicated and** the excommunication was **dissolved for him in his dream, what is** the *halakha*? Rav Ashi **said to him: Just as it is impossible for the grain** to grow **without straw,**