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The school of R' Yishmael taught a different source for the halakha in the Mishnah: The Torah states with regard to vows: “These are the statutes, which YHWH commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house” (Numbers 30:17). F
The Talmud answers: According to him, he establishes it to teach the other statement of Rava: If her betrothed died without ratifying the vow, her father can nullify it on his own. The Talmud then asks: And Rava, who derives the halakha that the father and the betrothed of the young woman together
§ A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If a husband nullifies his betrothed’s vow, does he sever his share of the vow or does he weaken the force of the entire vow? The Talmud clarifies: Under which circumstances do we raise the dilemma, i.e., what is the practical difference between these two p
If we say that he severs his share of the vow, nullifying half of the prohibition, then one of the olives remains completely forbidden, and she is flogged for violating her vow. If we say that he weakens its force, she is not liable to be flogged, as eating the olives is now merely a prohibition tha
The Talmud now cites a lengthy baraita, ultimately stating a proof to answer the previous question. Come and hear a baraita that will resolve the dilemma: When did they say that if the husband of a betrothed young woman dies, the authority to nullify her vows reverts to the father, who can then nu