Jewish%20thought for Nedarim 64:13

המודר מאכל מחבירו לא ישאילנו כו'

which is followed by, The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. CX, 4. ');">¹²</span> meaning, 'because of the words of Melchizedek.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., because of his giving precedence to Abraham. ');">¹³</span> Hence it is written, And he was a priest of the most High God, [implying that] he was a priest, but not his seed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though Abraham was a descendant of Melchizedek, and thus the priesthood was inherited by the latter's seed, yet this was through the merit of Abraham, not of Melchizedek. — Ran. ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE WHO IS UNDER A VOW NOT TO BENEFIT AUGHT FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND ONE WHO IS FORBIDDEN TO EAT OF HIS FOOD, IS IN RESPECT OF WALKING [OVER HIS PROPERTY] AND [THE USE OF] UTENSILS NOT EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he is forbidden all benefit, these are forbidden; but if the vow is only in respect of food, these are permitted. ');">¹⁵</span> IF A MAN IS UNDER A VOW [NOT TO EAT] OF HIS NEIGHBOURS FOOD, THE LATTER MAY NOT LEND HIM A SIFTER, SIEVE, MILL-STONE OR OVEN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This teaches that not only are those utensils prohibited which are used in the immediate preparation of food for eating, such as a cooking pot. but even those employed in the early stages only. ');">¹⁶</span> BUT HE MAY LEND HIM A SHIRT, RING, CLOAK, AND EARRINGS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Or 'nose-rings]. ');">¹⁷</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Which Tanna [is the authority of the Mishnah]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That even such a trifling benefit as walking over his property is forbidden. ');">¹⁸</span> — R. Adda b. Ahabah said, It is R. Eliezer. For it was taught: R. Eliezer said: Even the extra [given by a vendor to his customer] is forbidden to him who is under a vow not to benefit [by his neighbour].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since R. Eliezer held that the vow applied even to such trifles, he is the authority of our Mishnah. ');">¹⁹</span> IF A MAN IS UNDER A VOW NOT TO [EAT] OF HIS NEIGHROUR'S FOOD, THE LATTER MAY NOT LEND HIM etc.

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