Talmud for Ketubot 143:16

תניא היה ר"מ אומר כל היודע באשתו שנודרת ואינה מקיימת יחזור וידירנה ידירנה במאי מתקן לה אלא יחזור ויקניטנה כדי שתדור בפניו ויפר לה אמרו לו אין אדם דר עם נחש בכפיפה

It was taught: R. Meir said: Any man who knows that his wife takes vows and does not fulfill them should impose vows upon her again. “Should impose vows upon her [again]”? How would this fix the matter? Rather he should provoke her again in order that she should make her vow in his presence and he would [thus be able to] annul it. They said to him: No one can live with a serpent in the same basket.

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