Commentary for Nedarim 59:2

איתער בהו רבי ירמיה אמר להו מאי קא מדמיתון פדאן הוא לפדאום אחרים הכי אמר רבי יוחנן פדאן הוא חוזרות וקדושות פדאום אחרים אין חוזרות וקדושות ואשה כפדאוה אחרים דמיא

[Now, from Bar Pada's ruling you may deduce that the second] is indeed [valid] <i>kiddushin</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For, just as the plants after redemption revert to their sanctity in virtue of an earlier declaration, so the woman, after being freed by a divorce, will revert to her betrothed state in virtue of the declaration prior thereto — Ran and Asheri. Rashi: For, when the plants are cut down, they should, according to the terms of the vow, lose their sanctity; yet in virtue of the first declaration they retain it until they are redeemed. So here too: though the divorce sets the woman free, the prior declaration is valid insofar as she becomes betrothed again. This interpretation is rather strained. Moreover, it would appear that the deduction is made from the fact that before being cut down the plants revert to their sanctity after being redeemed, and not because they require redemption even after being cut down. In Rashi's favour, however, it may be observed that this law of consecration after redemption is that of the Mishnah as explained both by Bar Pada and by 'Ulla. So that the particular reference to Bar Pada may indicate that the solution in deduced from the continued sanctity of the saplings after they are cut down, which is maintained by Bar Pada only. ');">²</span>

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