Commentary for Shevuot 40:2

אמר לך רבא תריץ ואימא הכי איזהו איסר נדר האמור בתורה האומר הרי עלי שלא אוכל בשר ושלא אשתה יין כיום שמת בו אביו כיום שנהרג בו פלוני ואמר שמואל והוא שנדור ובא מאותו היום

An objection was raised: Vain and false [oaths] are one. Does not this imply that just as a vain oath is in the past tense, so a false oath is in the past tense; hence, '[I swear] I have eaten' and '[I swear] I have not eaten' are false oaths! - Is this an argument? This is in its own category, and that is in its own category. And what is the meaning of: 'They are one'? That they were pronounced in one utterance; as it has been taught [in another connection]: Remember [the Sabbath day], and Keep [the Sabbath day] were pronounced in a single utterance, - an utterance which the mouth cannot utter, nor the ear hear. Granted, there they were pronounced in one utterance, as R. Ada b. Ahabah said, for R. Ada b. Ahabah said: Women are in duty bound to sanctify the [Sabbath]

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