Commentary for Nedarim 60:2
ומאן דמתני אסיפא מתני הכי הנודר מיושבי יבשה אסור ביורדי הים ולא באלו ההולכים מעכו ליפו בלבד אלא אפילו במי שדרכו לפרש הואיל וסופו ליבשה סליק
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO VOWS [NOT TO BENEFIT] FROM THE SEERS OF THE SUN, IS FORBIDDEN FROM THE BLIND TOO, BECAUSE HE MEANT THOSE WHOM THE SUN SEES'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [I.e.. he might have intended the phrase 'those who see the sun' as an euphemism for 'those whom the sun sees', i.e., the blind (cf. Bek. VIII, 3, [H], 'looking to the sun' used euphemistically for 'squinting'). But since with vows we adopt the more rigorous interpretation, he is forbidden to benefit from those who see as well as from the blind (cf. Rabinowitz, M. Graber Otzar ha-Safruth II, 137ff.).] ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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