Related%20passage for Shevuot 43:1

תיפשוט דבעי רבא שבועה שלא אוכל ואכל עפר בכמה תפשוט עד דאיכא כזית כי קאמרינן במידי דבר אכילה קאמרינן

<br> decide that which Raba enquired: '"I swear I shall not eat dust", and he ate; what quantity [must he eat to make him liable]?' - May you [then] decide that it must be the size of an olive! - [No!] When do we say [that we do not find liability for a minute quantity,] only in the case of an edible do we say so. Is there not the case of vows? - Vows are like expressly defined oaths. <br>

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