Commentary for Ketubot 125:2

שמע אבוה דאתא גברא רבה למתא אמר איזיל לגביה אפשר דמפר נדראי אתא לגביה א"ל אדעתא דגברא רבה מי נדרת א"ל אפילו פרק אחד ואפי' הלכה אחת אמר ליה אנא הוא נפל על אפיה ונשקיה על כרעיה ויהיב ליה פלגא ממוניה ברתיה דר"ע עבדא ליה לבן עזאי הכי והיינו דאמרי אינשי רחילא בתר רחילא אזלא כעובדי אמה כך עובדי ברתא

Her father heard that a great man had come to the town. He said, “I shall go to him; perchance he will invalidate my vow.” When he came to him [R. Akiva] asked, “Would you have made your vow if you had known that he was a great man?” He replied, “[Had he known even one chapter or even one single halakhah [I would not have made the vow].” He then said to him, “I am that man.” He then fell upon his face and kissed his feet and also gave him half of his wealth. The daughter of R. Akiva acted in a similar way towards Ben Azzai, and this is what people say, “A ewe follows ewe; a daughter’s acts are like those of her mother.”

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