Listen my masters,

expert judges!

Any vow, oath, or prohibition,

konom-vow,¹ or consecration,

footnotes: ¹ According to the Talmud, a vow is when one says that such is forbidden to me as is—a קָרְבָּן, a sacrifice. In place of the word korban, the word konom was frequently used. There is a dispute in Maseches Nedarim as to the origin of the word.

that I have vowed or sworn,

while awake or [even] in a dream,

or which I swore [using]

any of the hallowed Names [of God],

[those] which are forbidden to be erased,

or in the Ineffible Name of God, blessed is He;

or any form of abstinence

that I have accepted upon myself,

even the nazirite abstinence of Shimshon,

or any prohibition;

even a prohibition to derive benefit,

which I have imposed upon myself

or upon others,

by any expression of prohibition,

whether as an expression of prohibition,

consecration or konom-vow,

or any type of commitment,

even a commitment to perform a “mitzvah”

whether in the form of a vow

or as a free-will option,

as an oath

or abstinence,

or in any other form;

and also such commitments

which were confirmed with a hand-shake;

any vow or free-will option

and any customs based on commandments

which I have already practiced,

and any expression I may have uttered,

vowed or resolved in my heart,

even to perform a certain commandment,

or any good practice,

or any worthwhile endeavor,

which I performed three times

but did not expressly state

that I am doing so

without the imposition of a vow,

whether it is a commitment

concerning myself,

or concerning others,

both those which are known to me

or those which I have already forgotten—

regarding all of these—

I regret them in retrospect.

And now I ask and request your excellencies

for nullification for them,

because I am afraid

that I might stumble and become entangled

God forbid,

in the sin of [violating] vows, oaths,

consecrations,

prohibitions, konom-vows, or agreements.

I do not regret, God forbid,

the performance of good deeds

which I have done,

but I regret only

my commitment to do these things

in the form of a vow, oath,

abstinence, prohibition, consecration;

konom-vow, agreement,

or resolutions.

I regret therefore

that I did not explicitly state,

“I will do this thing

without assuming the obligation of a vow,

oath, abstinence, consecration,

prohibition, konom-vow, or resolution.

Therefore, I ask for annulment;

I regret all of them,

all that was previously enumerated—

whether these were things

that concerned financial matters,

physical matters,

or

spiritual matters.

Regarding all of them—

I regret using the expression of a vow,

of an oath, of abstinence, of prohibition,

of consecration, of konom-vow,

or resolution.

Now, according to the law,

one who regrets [his vows, oaths etc.]

and seeks annulment,

must state the particulars of the vow,

however, please realize, my masters,

that it is impossible to specify them

for they are many—

and I do not request annulment

for those vows

which cannot be annulled—

therefore

let them be considered, in your eyes,

as though I had specified them.

They shall all be annulled for you,

they shall all be absolved for you,

they shall all be permitted to you.

There is no vow,

no oath, no abstinence,

no consecration, no prohibition,

no konom-vow, no excommunication,

no banishment, and no damnation;

but there is forgiveness, pardon,

and atonement.

Just as annulment is granted

by [us] the court here on earth,

so shall annulment be granted

by the Heavenly Court.

I hereby declare before you,

that I nullify from now on

all vows, all oaths,

abstinences, prohibitions, konom-vows,

consecrations, agreements and resolutions

that I might accept upon myself,

while awake or [even] in a dream;

except the vows to fast

which are made at the Mincha prayer.²

footnotes: ² The vow to fast is made at the Mincha service of the day preceding the fast day.

And should I forget

the stipulations of this declaration

and make any vow from this day on,

from this moment I regret them,

and stipulate

that they are all null and void;

they are not binding or lasting,

and they have no effect whatsoever;

regarding all of them—I regret them,

from now, forever.