Commentary for Nedarim 59:5
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> רב פפא ורב אחא בריה דרב איקא חד מתני ארישא וחד מתני אסיפא מאן דתני ארישא מתני הכי הנודר מיורדי הים מותר ביושבי יבשה הא ביורדי הים אסור ולא כאלו
It was stated likewise: R. Ammi said in R. Johanan's name: Only if he himself redeems them was this taught [that they revert to their sanctity]; but when others redeem them, they do not revert to their sanctity. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO VOWS [NOT TO BENEFIT] FROM SEAFARERS, MAY BENEFIT FROM LAND-DWELLERS; FROM LAND-DWELLERS, HE IS FORBIDDEN [TO BENEFIT] EVEN FROM SEAFARERS, BECAUSE SEAFARERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TERM LAND-DWELLERS'; NOT THOSE WHO MERELY TRAVEL FROM ACCO TO JAFFA,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Acco (also called Acre). A city and seaport of Phoenicia on a promontory at the foot of mount Carmel ('Cf. Josephus. Ant, II, 10, 2). Jaffa. A city of Palestine and a Mediterranean Port, 35 miles northwest of Jerusalem. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> BUT THOSE WHO SAIL AWAY GREAT DISTANCES [FROM LAND]. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. R. Papa and R. Aha son of R. Ika — one referred it [the last statement] to the first clause, and the other to the second. Now, he who referred it to the first clause learnt thus: HE WHO VOWS [NOT TO BENEFIT] FROM SEAFARERS MAY BENEFIT FROM LAND-DWELLERS. Hence, he may not benefit from seafarers; NOT THOSE WHO MERELY
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