Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 45:4
רבי ישמעאל בר רבי יוסי הוה ליה נדרא למישרא אתא לקמייהו דרבנן אמרו ליה נדרת אדעתא דהכי אמר להו אין נדרתא אדעתא דהכי אמר להו אין כמה זימנין כיוון דחזא ההוא קצרא דמצטערי רבנן מחייה באוכלא דקצרי אמר אדעתא דמחי לי קצרא לא נדרי ושריה לנפשיה
Said he, 'I did not vow to be beaten by a fuller,' and so he absolved himself. R. Aha of Difti objected to Rabina: But this was an unexpected fact, as it had not occurred to him that a fuller would smite him, and we learnt: An unexpected fact may not be given as an opening?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 64a. The tact must have been in existence, when the vow was made, but overlooked. If, however, it occurred only subsequently, it cannot be a ground for absolution. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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