Commentary for Nedarim 95:7

אמר אם שלי הם הרי הם מוקדשין לשמים א"ל נתתי לך את שלי שתקדישם לשמים אמר לו נתת לי את שלך אלא שתהא אתה ואביך אוכלין ושותין ומתרצין זה לזה ויהא עון תלוי בראשו אמרו חכמים כל מתנה שאינה שאם הקדישה תהא מקודשת אינה מתנה:

THAT HIS FATHER WAS FORBIDDEN TO BENEFIT FROM HIM. NOW HE [THE SON] WAS GIVING HIS SON IN MARRIAGE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And desired his father's presence. ');">¹¹</span> SO HE SAID TO HIS NEIGHBOUR, 'THE COURTYARD AND THE BANQUET BE A GIFT TO YOU, BUT THEY ARE YOURS ONLY THAT MY FATHER MAY COME AND FEAST WITH US AT THE BANQUET. THEREUPON HE ANSWERED, 'IF THEY ARE MINE, LET THEM BE CONSECRATED TO HEAVEN!' 'BUT I DID NOT GIVE YOU MY PROPERTY TO CONSECRATE IT TO HEAVEN, HE PROTESTED. YOU GAVE ME YOURS SO THAT YOU AND YOUR FATHER MIGHT EAT AND DRINK TOGETHER AND BECOME RECONCILED TO ONE ANOTHER, WHILST THE SIN [OF A BROKEN VOW] SHOULD DEVOLVE UPON HIS HEAD,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Probably a euphemism for 'my head'. J. reads 'my head'.] ');">¹²</span>

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