Shevuot 26A

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Rav Pappa said one of those statements, not Abaye.

§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Yishmael says: One is liable only for an oath on an utterance taken about the future. A baraita states with regard to an oath on an utterance: From the verse: “Or if anyone take an oath clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good” (Leviticus 5:4), I have derived onl

I have derived only that one is liable for oaths referring to the future. From where do I derive that one is liable for oaths referring to the past? The verse subsequently states: “Whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an oath” (Leviticus 5:4); this is the statement of R' Akiva. R' Yi

The baraita continues: R' Akiva said to him: If so, then I have derived only that one is liable for an oath on an utterance with regard to matters to which doing evil and doing good apply. From where do I derive that one is liable for an oath on an utterance with regard to matters to which doing ev

The Talmud questions: R' Akiva said well his critique of the opinion of R' Yishmael. Why does R' Yishmael disagree?