Commentary for Nedarim 173:5
רב אשי אמר כאן בתוך כדי דבור כאן לאחר כדי דבור
If he was informed that his father had died, and he rent his garments, and then it was discovered to be his son, he did not fulfil the duty of rending. If he was told that a relation of his had died, and thinking that it was his father, he rent [his garments], and then it was discovered to be his son, he fulfilled the duty of rending.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus if he had explicitly rent his garments for the wrong person, his obligation is unfulfilled; but not if his error was a mental one only. [Some texts omit the last clause. The Baraitha just cited is thus regarded as contradictory to the first. On this reading [H] (v. n. 5) introduces a question and is to be rendered 'But was it not taught'. V. Asheri, 4a.) ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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