Mesorat%20hashas for Nedarim 39:7

בשלמא מחמירין דלא פתחינן ליה בחרטה אלא עונשין היכי דמי

But how are they punished? — As it was taught: If one vowed neziroth and then violated his vow: his case is not examined unless he observes his vow for the full period that he had violated it: this is the view of R. Judah. R. Jose said: This applies only to short neziroth [i.e., thirty days]; but in the case of a long period of neziroth, thirty days are sufficient.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., if he had vowed to be a nazir a hundred days, violated his vow for fifty days, and then desired absolution, it is enough to observe thirty days only, and then he is absolved. Here too he is punished in this way. ');">¹²</span> R. Joseph said: Since the Rabbis have decreed, his case is not to be examined, if a <i>Beth din</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'house of law': Jewish court of law. Any three persons could constitute themselves a Beth din, by request, and it is to such a constituted body of laymen that this dictum probably refers. [Absolution could he granted either by one Rabbi or by three laymen; infra.] ');">¹³</span>

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