Jewish%20thought for Nedarim 43:3

אמר רבי אבא מאי קראה ואחר נדרים לבקר ואף על גב דפתח רבי ינאי ליה אנן לא פתחינן ליה בהא

But though R. Jannai proposed this as a ground for absolution, we may not do so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it terrifies one too much, and makes him ready to express a regret which he may not feel. ');">⁵</span> Nor do we suggest the following, which Rabbah b. Bar Hanah related in R. Johanan's name: What opening did R. Gamaliel give to a certain old man? Thee is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XII, 18. ');">⁶</span>

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