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Talmud: It was taught in the Mishnah that all substitutes for the language of vows are like vows, substitutes for the language of dedications are like dedications, substitutes for the language of oaths are like oaths, and substitutes for the language of nazirite vows are like nazirite vows. The Ta
The Talmud answers that due to the fact that vows and oaths are written next to each other in the Torah in the verse: “When a man takes a vow to YHWH, or swears an oath” (Numbers 30:3), the Mishnah teaches these two cases, i.e., substitutes for the language of vows and oaths. And since it taught two
The Talmud asks: If so, let the Mishnah teach the halakha with regard to substitutes for the language of oaths immediately after the case of substitutes for the language of vows. The Talmud answers: Since it taught the case of vows, whereby an object becomes forbidden to one, it taught also the ca
§ The Talmud asks a question with regard to the style of the Mishnah: The Mishnah began with the case of substitutes when it stated: All substitutes for the language of vows are like vows, and it then immediately explains the halakha with regard to intimations of vows, as the next line addresses a c
The Talmud answers: The Mishnah is dealing with them, i.e., intimations of vows, and the text of the Mishnah is incomplete and is teaching the following: All substitutes for the language of vows are like vows, and intimations of vows are like vows. The Mishnah then continues by giving examples of