Commentary for Nedarim 48:7

אמר ליה רבינא לרב אשי ודילמא האי גברא קינא דשומשמני חזא ואסיק להון שמא עולי מצרים ושפיר משתבע

Raba objected: If so, why teach it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is obvious. ');">⁶</span> Moreover, it is taught parallel to vows!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just as vows seek to impose an interdict, so do these oaths too. ');">⁷</span> But, said Raba: When one says, 'May [all] the fruit in the world be forbidden me on oath if I did not see on this road as many as departed from Egypt.' Rabina said to R. Ashi: Perhaps this man saw an ant nest and designated them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of their large number. ');">⁸</span> 'those who left Egypt's his oath thus being genuine? —

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