Commentary for Nedarim 129:1
תניא המודר הנאה מחבירו אין מתירין לו אלא בפניו מנה"מ אמר רב נחמן דכתיב (שמות ד, יט) ויאמר ה' אל משה במדין לך שוב מצרים כי מתו כל האנשים אמר לו במדין נדרת לך והתר נדרך במדין דכתיב (שמות ב, כא) ויואל משה אין אלה אלא שבועה דכתיב (יחזקאל יז, יג) ויבא אתו באלה
It was taught: He who is forbidden to benefit from his neighbour can have the vow absolved only in his [neighbour's] presence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If A vowed not to benefit from B, A cannot have his vow absolved except in the presence of B. In the Jerusalem Talmud two reasons are given for this: (i) if his neighbour does not know of his absolution, he may suspect him of breaking his vow, (ii) he who vowed not to benefit from his neighbour — presumably for his neighbour's benefit — he should be put to shame for his niggardly spirit and he made to seek absolution in his presence. Therefore it is insisted upon. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Whence do we know this? — R. Nahman said: Because it is written, And the Lord said unto Moses, In Midian, go, return into Egypt, for all the men are dead which sought thy life.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. IV, 19. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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