Responsa for Shevuot 57:2

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> איזו היא שבועת שוא נשבע לשנות את הידוע לאדם אמר על העמוד של אבן שהוא של זהב ועל האיש שהוא אשה ועל האשה שהיא איש

MISHNAH. WHAT IS A VAIN OATH? IF HE SWORE THAT WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE FACTS KNOWN TO MAN, SAYING OF A PILLAR OF STONE THAT IT IS OF GOLD; OR OF A MAN THAT HE IS A WOMAN; OR OF A WOMAN THAT SHE IS A MAN; IF HE SWORE CONCERNING A THING WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE, [AS E.G., 'IF I HAVE NOT SEEN A CAMEL FLYING IN THE AIR', OR, 'IF I HAVE NOT SEEN A SERPENT LIKE THE BEAM OF THE OLIVE PRESS'; IF HE SAID TO WITNESSES, 'COME AND BEAR TESTIMONY FOR ME', [AND THEY REPLIED,] 'WE SWEAR THAT WE WILL NOT BEAR TESTIMONY FOR YOU'; IF HE SWORE TO ANNUL A PRECEPT, [AS E.G.,] NOT TO MAKE A SUKKAH, OR,

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