Commentary for Nedarim 129:6

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> קונם שאני נכנס לבית זה שהכלב וכו' מת נולד הוא א"ר הונא נעשה כתולה נדרו בדבר ור' יוחנן אמר כבר מת וכבר עשה תשובה קאמרי ליה

R. Isaac said: This teaches that they removed the cushions from under them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A sign of their unworthiness and deposition. ');">¹¹</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. R. MEIR SAID: SOME THINGS APPEAR AS NEW FACTS, AND YET ARE NOT [TREATED] AS NEW;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., though occurring after the vow, they might have been anticipated. ');">¹²</span> BUT THE SAGES DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: and the Sages agree with him. ');">¹³</span> E.G., IF ONE SAYS, 'KONAM THAT I DO NOT MARRY SO AND SO, BECAUSE HER FATHER IS WICKED,' AND HE IS [THEN] TOLD, HE IS DEAD, OR, HE HAS REPENTED; 'KONAM, IF I ENTER THIS HOUSE, BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A WILD DOG, OR, 'BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A SERPENT,' AND HE IS [THEN] INFORMED, THE DOG IS DEAD, OR, THE SERPENT HAS BEEN KILLED, THESE ARE AS NEW FACTS, YET ACTUALLY NOT [TREATED] AS NEW FACTS. BUT THE SAGES DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: and the Sages agree with him. ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. 'KONAM, IF I ENTER THIS HOUSE, BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A WILD DOG, etc.' But if it died, it really is a new fact?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not only in appearance. ');">¹⁵</span> — Said R. Huna: It is as though he conditioned his vow by this fact. R. Johanan said: He was told, 'He has already died,' or, 'already repented.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., before the vow, and the vow was thus made in error. Therefore R. Meir teaches that in the former it is not treated as a novel occurrence and absolution may be granted on that score. The Sages disagree, holding that it may not be granted, as a precautionary measure. ');">¹⁶</span>

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