Commentary for Nedarim 171:5

מתקיף לה רב אשי מי דמי התם קיץ אשה מי אית לה קיצותא

but as for a woman, is the matter definitely closed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For her body at least still belongs to herself. ');">⁵</span> This can only be compared to a man who declares to his neighbour. 'Let this field, which I have mortgaged to you, be consecrated when I redeem it from you', — is it not consecrated? R. Shisha the son of R. Idi demurred to this: How compare! As for the field, it is in his power to redeem it; but does it lie with a woman to be divorced? This is [rather] to be compared to one who says to his neighbour. 'Let this field, which I have mortgaged to you for ten years, be consecrated on its redemption,' — is it not consecrated?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely it is, though it cannot be redeemed before a certain date; so in the case of a woman too, though she cannot procure her divorce. As far as actual law is concerned this Rabbi agrees with the preceding: he merely varies the analogy for the sake of greater accuracy, though the result is the same. ');">⁶</span> R. Ashi demurred to this: How compare! There is a definite term [for redemption]; has then a woman a definite term [when she can encompass her divorce]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously not; hence it should follow that her vow is invalid. ');">⁷</span>

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