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If she took a vow while she was under the jurisdiction of her husband, he can nullify the vow for her. How so? If she said when she was still married: I am hereby a nazirite for after 30 days, and her husband nullified the vow, then even if she was widowed or divorced within the 30-day period, the
Talmud: It is taught in a baraita: With regard to a widow or a divorcée who said: I am hereby a nazirite for when I will get married, and she was married, R' Yishmael says her husband can nullify her vow, whereas R' Akiva says he cannot nullify it. And the mnemonic device for the opinions of R' Yis
R' Yishmael said: It says: “But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced…shall be upheld against her” (Numbers 30:10), which means that the practical application of the vow must be in the time of the woman’s widowhood or divorce. Only when the vow is to take effect when she is a widow or a
Rav Ḥisda said: The Mishnah that links the possibility of nullification to the time of the taking of the vow is the opinion of R' Akiva. Abaye said: Even if you say that the Mishnah follows the opinion of R' Yishmael, there is no difficulty, for the Mishnah is referring to a woman who made her vow
In the case of the baraita, since the woman explicitly connected the application of her vow to her marital status, the possibility of nullifying the vow depends on the time that the vow takes effect. But in the case of the Mishnah, where the application of the vow is tied to a particular date, it is