Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 15:5
א''ר גידל א''ר האומר לחבירו נשכים ונשנה פרק זה עליו להשכים שנאמר (יחזקאל ג כב-כג) ויאמר אלי (בן אדם) קום צא אל הבקעה ושם אדבר אותך ואצא אל הבקעה והנה שם כבוד ה' עומד
Then [again] if he informs us that a person may thus stimulate himself, it is identical with R. Giddal's first [statement]? — This is what R. Giddal teaches: The oath is binding, since one can free [i.e., acquit] himself by the reading of the <i>Shema'</i> morning or evening.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The passage commencing: Hear O Israel etc. (Deut. VI, 4 seq.). There is a definite obligation to study day and night, which is derived either from Deut. VI, 7 (and thou shalt teach them, etc.) or from Josh. I, 8 (This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth). But it is stated in Men. 95b that the obligation is fulfilled by the reading of the Shema' morning and evening. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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