Commentary for Nedarim 39:5
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> הא גופא קשיא אמרת אין נשאלין להן והדר תני אם נשאלו עונשין אותן ומחמירין עליהן
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. This is self-contradictory: You say, OF NONE OF THESE VOWS DO THEY REQUIRE TO SEEK ABSOLUTION; and then you continue: IF A REQUEST FOR ABSOLUTION IS PREFERRED, THEY ARE PUNISHED AND TREATED STRICTLY?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first implies that they are altogether invalid, whereas the second implies that they are valid vows. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> — Said Rab Judah, This is its meaning; OF NONE OF THESE VOWS DO THEY REQUIRE TO SEEK ABSOLUTION. This applies however only to a scholar;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is careful about making vows. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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