Nedarim 53b — the Talmud in English

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They taught

in the beraita this ruling, that if one vowed concerning vegetables in the Sabbatical year, he is permitted with garden vegetables,

but

only

in a place where they do not bring

there

vegetables

of the garden

from outside the Land.

But in a place where they bring

there

vegetables

of the garden

from outside the Land to the Land, it is forbidden

even with garden vegetables, since there they are accustomed to eat in the Sabbatical year both field vegetables and garden vegetables; if so, he certainly intended to vow concerning both of them.

As a dispute between tannaim,

we find a dispute between tannaim concerning this: whether it is permitted to bring vegetables from outside the Land.

For it was taught:

One may not bring vegetables from outside the Land to the Land.

Rabbi Hanania ben Gamliel says: One may bring vegetables from outside the Land to the Land.

If so, according to the one who says that it is forbidden to bring vegetables from outside the Land to the Land, the ruling is that one who vows concerning vegetables in the Sabbatical year is permitted with garden vegetables and forbidden with field vegetables, since garden vegetables are not common, for they do not bring garden vegetables from outside the Land; he did not intend to vow concerning garden vegetables.

But according to the one who says that it is permitted to bring vegetables from outside the Land, the ruling is that it is forbidden even with garden vegetables.

And we inquired concerning the words of the beraita:

What is the reason of the one who says

who holds that

one may not bring

vegetables from outside the Land to the Land?

Rabbi Jeremiah said:

the reason of the one who forbids is

because

he is concerned lest he bring with them into the Land

a clod

of earth from outside the Land, attached to the roots of the vegetables, and it will render the Land impure, for they decreed impurity upon earth from outside the Land because of the uncertainty of a corpse (from the generation of the Flood, when there were dead people throughout the entire world, except for the Land of Israel, where there was no Flood).

Mishna:

A. One who vows

concerning cabbage is forbidden with asparagus

for it is included within cabbage.

But one who vows

concerning asparagus is permitted with cabbage

for cabbage is not included in the name asparagus.

B. One who vows

concerning split beans —

which are beans that have been crushed into halves —

is forbidden with a thick gruel —

a thick dish of split beans, since it is called “a gruel of split beans.

But Rabbi Yose permits,

because in his place they would call the gruel “gruel” and split beans “split beans.”

But one who vows

concerning the gruel is permitted with split beans

according to everyone, for he did not vow concerning the split beans, but concerning the dish of split beans.

C. One who vows

concerning the gruel is forbidden with garlic,

since they would place garlic inside the gruel.

But Rabbi Yose permits,

because in his vow he forbade only the gruel, and not the garlic.

But one who vows

concerning garlic is permitted with the gruel

according to everyone.

D. One who vows

concerning lentils is forbidden with lentil fritters —

lentil refuse .

Rabbi Yose permits,

for he holds that lentil fritters are not included within lentils.

But one who vows

concerning lentil fritters is permitted with lentils

according to everyone.

E. One who says: Konam,

“Wheat, wheats, I shall taste,”

the ruling is that he

is forbidden with them

with wheat,

both

in the form of

flour, both

in the form

of

the

bread,

because “wheat” in the singular means baked bread made from wheat, which is one entity, whereas “wheats” in the plural means chewing wheat kernels, which one chews one by one; therefore, one who says in his vow “wheat, wheats” forbids wheat upon himself in every form, and is forbidden both with flour and with bread.

F. One who says: Konam,

“Split bean, split beans, I shall taste,”

the ruling is that he

is forbidden with them

with split beans,

both

when they are

raw, both

when they are

cooked.

Rabbi Judah says:

One who says:

“Konam, split bean”

which is in the singular,

or

one who says: Konam,

“Wheat I shall taste,”

in the singular, the ruling is that he

is permitted

to

chew

split beans and wheat

raw,

and he does not disagree with the first tanna, but comes to teach us that one who vows in the singular intends only a cooked dish and bread.

Gemara:

It was taught: Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says:

A. One who says: Konam,

“Wheat I shall taste,”

in the singular,

is forbidden to bake

and eat bread, because baked bread is one entity.

And he is permitted to chew

raw wheat, because he chews it one by one.

One who says: Konam,

“Wheats I shall taste,”

in the plural,

is forbidden to chew

raw wheat,

and is permitted to bake

and eat bread.

One who says: Konam,

“Wheat, wheats, I shall taste,”

for he vowed in both the plural and the singular,

is forbidden both to chew

raw wheat

and to bake

and eat bread.

B. One who says: Konam,

“Split bean I shall taste,”

in the singular,

is forbidden to cook

and eat it cooked,

and is permitted to chew

and eat them raw.

One who says: Konam,

“Split beans I shall taste,”

in the plural,

is forbidden to chew

and eat them raw,

and is permitted to cook

and eat it cooked.

One who says: Konam,

“Split bean, split beans, I shall taste,”

for he vowed in both the plural and the singular,

is forbidden both to cook

and eat it cooked

and to chew

and eat them raw.

We shall return to you, chapter “One who vows concerning the cooked.”

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