Responsa for Nedarim 129:4
[א"ל מתשלין אשבועתא] אמרי ליה אין אמר להו בפניו או אפילו שלא בפניו אמרי ליה בפניו אמר להון ואתון מאי עבדיתון מאי טעמא לא אמריתון לצדקיהו מיד (איכה ב, י) ישבו לארץ ידמו זקני בת ציון אמר רבי יצחק ששמטו כרים מתחתיהם:
What was [the nature of] his rebellion? — Zedekiah found Nebuchadnezzar eating a live rabbit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Other: a raw rabbit. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> 'Swear to me,' exclaimed he, 'not to reveal this, that it may not leak out!' He swore. Subsequently he grieved thereat, and had his vow absolved and disclosed it. When Nebuchadnezzar learned that they were deriding him, he had the Sanhedrin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Jewish court. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Teshuvot HaRosh
Response: This man married this woman knowing that she could no longer have children, but was very wealth. He married her for money and swore that he would not marry a second wife. He did not make the oath conditional. Rather, he swore straightforwardly. What wise man would attend to him, releasing him from his oath, when he swore to allay the woman’s thoughts, so she would marry him? No wise man would release him. As it is stated (Nedarim 65b): “You vowed in Midian? Go release your vow in Midian.”
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