Commentary for Shevuot 57:3

נשבע על דבר שאי אפשר לו אם לא ראיתי גמל שפורח באויר ואם לא ראיתי נחש כקורת בית הבד

NOT TO TAKE A LULAB, OR, NOT TO PUT ON TEFILLIN: THESE ARE VAIN OATHS, FOR WHICH ONE IS LIABLE, FOR WILFUL TRANSGRESSION, STRIPES, AND FOR UNWITTING TRANSGRESSION ONE IS EXEMPT. [IF A MAN SAID:] I SWEAR I SHALL EAT THIS LOAF; I SWEAR I SHALL NOT EAT IT,' THE FIRST IS AN OATH OF UTTERANCE, AND THE SECOND IS A VAIN OATH. IF HE ATE IT, HE TRANSGRESSED THE VAIN OATH; IF HE DID NOT EAT IT, HE TRANSGRESSED THE OATH OF UTTERANCE. <br>

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