Study Nedarim folio 44A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
If one said: This field will be ownerless for one day, for one week, for one month, for one year, or for one 7-year Sabbatical cycle, as long as no one took possession of the field, neither the one who declared it ownerless nor another person, he is able to retract his declaration. Once one took po
Ulla said: The latter clause is also in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. The Talmud asks: If so, why is the ruling in the baraita: As long as one did not take possession of the field, neither the one who declared it ownerless nor another person, he is able to retract his declaration; acco
Reish Lakish said: From the fact that the latter clause is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, the first clause is also in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei. And in the first clause, this is the reason that one cannot retract his declaration once 3 days have passed: It is an ordinance
The Talmud asks: If so, then let the rabbis institute that the item is considered ownerless even from the 1st day as well and that he cannot retract his declaration at all. Rabba said: The reason that the rabbis did not render the item ownerless from the 1st day is due to the swindlers, who declar
The Talmud asks: The rabbis instituted that one cannot retract his declaration of ownerless status once 3 days have passed. However, by Torah law, isn’t the item ownerless according to R' Yosei, regardless of when he retracted his declaration as long as no other person acquired it?