Commentary for Shevuot 43:6

הרי קונמות קסבר אין מעילה בקונמות

An objection was raised: Two Konamoth combine; two oaths do not combine. R. Meir says: Konamoth are like oaths. Now, if you say that [in vows] he is liable for a minute quantity, what need is there for combining? - He said, 'Eating of this [loaf] shall be to me konam; and eating of that [loaf] shall be to me konam.' - If so, why do they combine? In any case, if you go here, there is not the legal minimum, and if you go there, there is not the legal minimum. - He said, 'Eating of both [loaves] shall be to me konam.' Now, a similar expression in the case of oaths would be, if he said, I SWEAR I shall not eat of both [loaves];' then why do they not combine? - R. Phinehas said: Oaths are different; because they are divided in respect of sin offerings, they do not combine. If so, 'R. Meir says: Konamoth are like oaths.' [Why?] Granted, oaths [do not combine], because they are divided in respect of sin offerings; but konamoth, why not? - Reverse it: R. Meir Says: oaths are like Konamoth [and combine]; and he does not agree with R. Phinehas. Rabina said: That which R. Papa said [that in Konamoth he is liable for a minute quantity] refers only to stripes; and that which we learnt in the Baraitha [that vows combine] refers to an offering, where we require [that the enjoyment should be] the value of a perutah. <br>

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