Nedarim 38b — the Talmud in English

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if

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its life and its body belong to Heaven,

for it is forbidden to eat.

They said to him: Even the impure one, its life belongs to Heaven—

but its body belongs to him, for if he wishes, he may sell it to gentiles or feed it to dogs,

and it turns out that he benefits from its fattening!

Gemara:

Rav Yitzhak bar Hananya said in the name of Rav Huna: One who is mudar hanaa from his fellow—

it is permitted for the one who imposed the prohibition to marry his daughter to him.

Rabbi Zeira examined it: What are we dealing with?

If we say that the property of the bride’s father is forbidden to the groom,

then how is it permitted for the one who imposed the prohibition to marry his daughter to the one who is prohibited,

for he is handing him a maidservant to serve him—

and benefiting him!

And

rather, [we are dealing] with the property of the groom being forbidden to the bride’s father,

and it teaches us that it is permitted to marry her to him, even though through this the groom becomes obligated to provide her sustenance, and it turns out that he benefits her father,

behold,

they said something greater than this

in our Mishna:

He provides sustenance for his wife and his sons, even though he is obligated to provide their sustenance, and you say: It is permitted to marry his daughter to him!?

Behold, once she has married, her father is no longer obligated to provide her sustenance, and if so, he is not paying his debt on his behalf, and it is obvious that it is permitted!

And we say:

Actually, [we are dealing] with the property of the bride’s father being forbidden to the groom, and

we are speaking

of his adult daughter,

who marries herself, for her father no longer has authority over her.

And

since she marries herself

of her own accord ,

therefore it is permitted.

It was likewise taught in a beraita: One who is mudar hanaa from his fellow—

it is forbidden

for the one who imposed the prohibition

to marry his

daughter

to him.

But he may marry his adult daughter—

and [she does so] of her own accord.

Rabbi Yaakov said: One who imposed a prohibition on his son,

who vowed that he would not benefit from his son,

for

the sake of

Torah study,

that is, so that his son would not be distracted from his study ,

it is permitted

for the son still

to fill for him

for his father

a barrel of water

[from his father’s property],

and to light the lamp for him.

And the reason is that presumably, concerning such minor tasks, which do not distract him from his study, he did not impose the prohibition .

Rabbi Yitzhak said:

The son is also permitted

to roast a small fish for him.

Rabbi Yirmeya said in the name of Rabbi Yohanan: One who is mudar

from benefiting from his fellow, it is permitted to give him the cup of peace.

And although he benefits him through this, they permitted it because of the ways of peace , for this was their practice.

And specifically when the cup belongs to the one who is prohibited—it is permitted. But if it belongs to the one who imposed the prohibition, then he truly benefits him—and it is forbidden .

What is it

[that is meant by] the cup of peace?

Here, they interpreted: a cup in a mourner’s house,

for it is customary to drink wine there.

In the West they said: a cup of

hot water

from a bathhouse.

For one who bathes and does not drink hot water is like an oven that they heated from the outside but not from the inside [as it is stated in tractate Shabbat 41a].

We learned in our Mishna:

And he may not provide sustenance for his animal, and so forth.

It was taught in a beraita: Joshua איש Uza says: He provides sustenance for

the one who imposed the prohibition’s

Canaanite male and female slaves

of the one who is prohibited, with extra sustenance.

And he may not provide sustenance for his animal, whether impure—

or pure,

even with extra sustenance, and not like Rabbi Eliezer of our Mishna.

What is the reason?

His Canaanite male and female slaves—

they are made for slaughter .

That is, they are not intended for eating, but merely for slaughter . And therefore it is permitted to provide them with extra sustenance, since he does not benefit from this.

But

an animal—

it is made for fattening,

and he benefits from its fattening, for he can sell it to a gentile for a higher price.

Mishna:

One who is mudar hanaa from his fellow and enters to visit him

during his illness,

stands, but does not sit.

And he heals him with healing of the soul, but not with healing of property.

And in the Gemara it will be explained what healing of the soul is and what healing of property is.

Gemara: