Related%20passage for Nedarim 36:3

הרי עלי כחרם אם כחרם של שמים אסור ואם כחרם של כהנים מותר ואם סתם אסור

HE IS FORBIDDEN; IF AS A HEREM TO THE PRIESTS, HE IS PERMITTED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That which was devoted (herem) to the Lord, i.e., to be utilized in or sold for Temple purposes, could not be redeemed, and hence was definitely forbidden for secular use (Lev. XXVII, 28); but if devoted to the priests. it might be so used once they had taken possession of it (Num. XVIII, 14); it is therefore regarded as permitted, and a reference to it in a vow has no validity. ');">⁵</span> IF IT IS UNSPECIFIED, HE IS FORBIDDEN. 'BEHOLD! THIS BE TO ME AS TITHE': IF HE VOWED, AS CATTLE TITHES, HE IS FORBIDDEN; IF AS CORN TITHES, HE IS PERMITTED; IF UNSPECIFIED, HE IS FORBIDDEN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The cattle tithe had to be formally designated, hence it is regarded as humanly forbidden, and a reference to it is valid; but the corn tithe belonged automatically to the Levite, even if not formally designated; therefore it is regarded as Divinely forbidden; v. supra 13b. ');">⁶</span>

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