Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 46:2

אימא וכן של שעורים וכן של כוסמין פת פת למה לי שמע מיניה לחלק:

'I SWEAR I SHALL NOT DRINK;' AND HE DRANK MANY LIQUIDS. HE IS LIABLE ONLY ONCE, etc. Granted there, as you say, the word BREAD, being superfluous, makes him liable; but here, what could he have said? Perhaps he wishes to exempt himself from other liquids? - R. Papa said: Here we are discussing [the case of] where they are lying before him; so that he could have said: I SWEAR I shall not drink these.' But perhaps [that would have meant], 'These I shall not drink, but others [of the same kind] I shall drink'? - Well, he could have said, I SWEAR I shall not drink [liquids] just like these.' Perhaps [that would have meant], 'Just like these I shall not drink, but less than these, or more than these, I shall drink'? Well then, he could have said, I SWEAR I shall not drink of these kinds.' Perhaps [that would have meant], 'These kinds I shall not drink, but these themselves I shall drink'? - Say [he could have said], I shall not drink these and their kinds.'

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