Commentary for Nedarim 173:10

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מני מתניתין רבי ישמעאל דתניא (במדבר ל, יד) אישה יקימנו ואישה יפרנו אמרה קונם תאנים וענבים אלו שאני טועמת קיים לתאנים כולו קיים

except in the case of blasphemy, idolatry, betrothal and divorce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one commits blasphemy or practises idolatry, and immediately, within the period of utterance, retracts, his retraction is unavailing. If a woman accepts kiddushin or a divorce, and immediately thereafter withdraws her consent, such withdrawal is invalid. ');">¹¹</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF SHE VOWS, 'KONAM, IF I TASTE THESE FIGS AND GRAPES, AND HE [THE HUSBAND] CONFIRMS [THE VOW] IN RESPECT OF FIGS, THE WHOLE [VOW] IS CONFIRMED; IF HE ANNULS IT IN RESPECT OF FIGS, IT IS NOT ANNULLED, UNLESS HE ANNULS IN RESPECT OF GRAPES TOO. IF SHE VOWS, 'KONAM IF I TASTE FIGS' AND 'IF I TASTE GRAPES', THEY ARE TWO DISTINCT VOWS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And each can be annulled or confirmed without the other. ');">¹²</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Who is the author of our Mishnah? — R. Ishmael. For it was taught: Her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXX, 14. ');">¹³</span> If she vows, 'Konam, if I taste these figs and grapes', and he [the husband] confirms [the vow] in respect of figs, the whole vow is confirmed;

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