Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Gittin 69:2

נמנעו מלהשביעה: מ"ט אילימא משום דרב כהנא דאמר רב כהנא ואמרי לה אמר רב יהודה אמר רב מעשה באדם אחד בשני בצורת שהפקיד דינר זהב אצל אלמנה והניחתו בכד של קמח ואפאתו בפת ונתנתו לעני

the Rabbis made a concession in her case. We are told [therefore that this is not so].

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.
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