Nedarim 11A

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Talmud: They assumed: What is the meaning of the term laḥullin? The individual is saying: It shall not [la] be non-sacred [ḥullin] but rather it should have the status of an offering.

The Talmud says: Whose opinion is expressed in the Mishnah? If you say it is that of R' Meir, he does not hold that from a negative statement you can infer a positive statement. As we learned in a Mishnah: R' Meir says that any condition that is not like the condition of the sons of the tribe of Gad

Rather, the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda. The Talmud challenges this statement: Say the latter clause of the Mishnah: R' Yehuda says: One who says that an item shall be considered Jerusalem has not said anything. From the fact that the latter clause is stated by R' Yehuda

The Talmud responds: The entire Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, and this is what it is teaching: Although one who declares an item to be like Jerusalem has taken a vow rendering it forbidden, one who says that an item shall be considered Jerusalem has not taken a vow. This i

The Talmud asks: When one says that an item should be like Jerusalem, is it prohibited according to R' Yehuda? Isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda says: One who says that an item shall be considered like Jerusalem has not said anything unless he vows by means of an item that is sacrificed in