Responsa for Gittin 69:16
גופא אמר רבי זירא אמר שמואל לא שנו אלא אלמנה אבל גרושה משביעין אותה
[The text above stated:] 'R. Zera said in the name of Samuel: This rule applies only to a widow, but to a divorced woman an oath is administered.' Cannot then a divorced woman recover her <i>kethubah</i> on [merely] taking a vow? Was not [a communication] sent from there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Eretz Yisrael to Babylon. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A swore by the Ten Commandments that he would never live with his wife again and that he would divorce her, if she would not take a ritual bath on that particular night. Can such an oath be dissolved by a scholar?
A. During the period of the Geonim the strict law was adopted that no oath could be dissolved by a scholar if such oath was taken by the pronouncing of the name of God, by the Torah, or by the Ten Commandments.
SOURCES: Cr. 18; Pr. 120, 121, 122; Mord. Sheb. 758; Rashba I, 854. Cf. R. Haim b. Isaac Or Zarua, Responsa, 12; Maharil, Responsa 129; Moses Minz, Responsa 47.
A. During the period of the Geonim the strict law was adopted that no oath could be dissolved by a scholar if such oath was taken by the pronouncing of the name of God, by the Torah, or by the Ten Commandments.
SOURCES: Cr. 18; Pr. 120, 121, 122; Mord. Sheb. 758; Rashba I, 854. Cf. R. Haim b. Isaac Or Zarua, Responsa, 12; Maharil, Responsa 129; Moses Minz, Responsa 47.
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