Commentary for Shevuot 51:6

א"ר יוחנן ר' ישמעאל ששימש את רבי נחוניא בן הקנה שהיה דורש את כל התורה כולה בכלל ופרט איהו נמי דורש בכלל ופרט רבי עקיבא ששימש את נחום איש גם זו שהיה דורש את כל התורה כולה בריבה ומיעט איהו נמי דורש ריבה ומיעט

'And it be hid from him - [this implies that] the oath was hidden from him. I might think that [even] if the thing be hidden from him [he should be liable], therefore it is said: . . . with an oath, and it be hid ... for the unawareness of the oath he is liable, and he is not liable for the unawareness of the thing.' They laughed at this in the West. Granted, [unawareness of] oath is possible without [unawareness of] thing; for example, if he said, I SWEAR I shall not eat wheat bread,' and he thought he had said, T shall eat,' his oath he forgot, and the thing he remembered. But [unawareness of] thing without [unawareness of] oath - how is that possible? If for example, he said, I SWEAR I shall not eat wheat bread,' and he thought he had said 'barley [bread],' his oath he remembered, and the thing he forgot. - Since he forgot the thing, it is [automatically] unawareness of oath! - Well then, said R. Eleazar, this and that are one. <br>

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