Related%20passage for Shevuot 44:6

אמר רבא שבועה שלא אוכל ואכל עפר פטור בעי רבא שבועה שלא אוכל עפר בכמה כיון דאמר שלא אוכל דעתיה אכזית או דלמא כיון דלאו מידי דאכלי אינשי הוא בכל שהוא תיקו:

GEMARA. R. Hiyya b. Abin said that Samuel said: [If a man says,] I SWEAR I shall not eat,' and he drank, he is liable. If you will, it may be deduced by reason; and if you will, it may be deduced from Scripture. If you will, it may be deduced by reason; for a man will say to his friend, 'Let us eat something,' and they go in, and eat and drink. And if you will, it may be deduced from Scripture; drinking is included in eating, for Resh Lakish said: Whence do we know that drinking is included in eating? Because it is said: And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy coin, of thy wine . . ,

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