Commentary for Nedarim 76:8

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המודר הנאה מחבירו ונכנס לבקרו עומד אבל לא יושב ומרפאו רפואת נפש אבל לא רפואת ממון:

R. Jacob said: If a man imposes a vow on his son [to do no service for him], in order that his son may study,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without interruption. ');">⁶</span> the latter may fill a barrel of water and light the lamp for him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For presumably his vow was not directed against such trifling services, which require very little time. ');">⁷</span> R. Isaac said: He is permitted to broil him a small fish. R. Jeremiah said in R. Johanan's name: If a man is under a vow not to benefit from his neighbour, the latter may offer him the cup of peace. What is that? — Here [in Babylon] it has been interpreted, the cup drunk in the house of mourning.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was customary to drink a special mourner's cup at the meals in a mourner's house. Keth. 8b. ');">⁸</span> In the West [Palestine] it was said: the cup of the baths.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was the custom to drink a cup of some beverage after a hot bath. ');">⁹</span> BUT HE MAY NOT FEED HIS BEASTS, WHETHER etc. It was taught: Joshua of 'Uzza said: He may feed his Canaanitish [i.e., heathen] bondmen and bondwomen, but not his beasts, whether clean or unclean. Why so? Because slaves are for service;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consequently their master does not gain anything when one feeds them. This refer, to extra food over the slave's requirements. — Ran. ');">¹⁰</span> beasts are for fattening. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE IS FORBIDDEN TO BENEFIT FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND HE PAYS HIM A VISIT [IN SICKNESS] HE MUST STAND, BUT NOT SIT; HE MAY AFFORD HIM A CURE OF LIFE, BUT NOT A CURE OF MONEY.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning of this is discussed on 42b. ');">¹¹</span>

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