Commentary for Nedarim 36:2
אם בשל עבודה זרה נדר מותר ואם סתם אסור
HE IS FORBIDDEN;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To benefit from the object of his vow — i.e., his vow is valid. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> IF BY AN IDOLATROUS SACRIFICE, HE IS PERMITTED, BUT IF IT WAS UNSPECIFIED, HE IS FORBIDDEN. [IF ONE DECLARES], 'BEHOLD! THIS BE TO ME AS HEREM': IF AS A HEREM TO THE LORD,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'of Heaven'. For 'Heaven' as a synonym of god cf. I Macc. III, 18 (though some ancient authorities read there 'the God of heaven'); Matt. XXI. 25; v. A. Marmorstein, The Old Rabbinic doctrine of God, I, pp. 14 and 105-106. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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