Commentary for Nedarim 180:1

למימרא דלא הוה ביה מעשה

intimating that no act had yet taken place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 918, n. 2; the vow was not yet operative, and we deduce that the Sage can cause him, by absolution, to break his word. So Ran. Rashi: thus asserting that the act (sc. of R. Abba b. R. Huna, v. 89b end) was unnecessary. ');">¹</span> An objection is raised: [If he vows,] 'Konam that I benefit not from So-and-so, and from anyone from whom I obtain absolution for him'; he must be absolved in respect of the first, and then obtain absolution in respect of the second. But why so? Let him be absolved in whichever order he pleases!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 918, n. 4. ');">²</span>

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