Commentary for Nedarim 56:4
והא קתני לה גבי טלית וטלית לשריפה קיימא [אין] כגון דאיכא דליקה הכא נמי דאיכא זיקא נפישא וסלקא דעתך דמסיק אדעתיה דלא מיתנצלן ומשום הכי קא נדר קא משמע לן:
But the same is taught with respect to a garment: and does a garment stand to be burnt? — Even so; e.g., when a fire has broken out. So here too [in respect of plants], a strong wind is blowing; and I might think that he thought that they would not be saved, and therefore vowed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not really meaning it, and so the vow is invalid. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> Hence the Mishnah informs us [that the vow is binding].
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