Talmud for Nedarim 29:2
תנן קונם שאני ישן שאני מהלך שאני מדבר וכו' היכי דמי אילימא כדקתני שאני ישן מי הוי נדרא והתנן חומר בשבועות שהשבועות חלות על דבר שיש בו ממש ועל דבר שאין בו ממש מה שאין כן בנדרים ושינה דבר שאין בו ממש הוא אלא דאמר קונם עיני בשינה
We learnt: [IF ONE SAYS,] 'KONAM IF I SLEEP, IF I WALK, IF I SPEAK, etc. How is it meant? If literally, 'if I sleep,' is such a vow valid? But it was taught: There is greater stringency in oaths than in vows, for oaths are valid with respect to things both abstract and concrete, but vows are not so; and sleep is an abstract thing! But if he said, 'Konam be my eyes sleeping,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the konam falls upon the eyes, the vow is valid, eyes being concrete. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Sukkah
HALAKHAH: 43Babli 53a, Tosephta 4:5. In Babli and Tosephta the statement is formulated in the first person, “we did not taste.” This is appropriate since he was a Levite involved in the Temple service.“Rebbi Joshua ben Ḥanania said, all during the water-drawing festivity they did not at all taste the taste of sleep. At the start they went to sacrifice the daily morning sacrifice; from there they went to sacrifice the musaf sacrifices; from there they went [to sacrifice vows and voluntary offerings44A vow expresses an obligation to bring a certain kind of sacrifice, whereas a voluntary offering is a dedication of a certain animal as sacrifice. If the animal becomes disqualified after dedication, in the case of a vow the owner has to procure a replacement, but not in the case of the voluntary offering.; from there they went]45Corrector’s addition; unknown source. to eat and drink. From there they went to study Torah; and from there they went to sacrifice the daily evening sacrifice; and from there they went to the water-drawing festivity.” But was it not stated46Babli 53a; Nedarim 2:1 Note 20 (Babli Nedarim 15a). Both Babli sources are Amoraic in the name of R. Joḥanan., “an oath that I shall not sleep for three days,” one whips him47For a vain oath since nobody can go without sleep for three days. and he sleeps immediately? They were dozing48As the Babli explains, R. Joshua did not say that they did not sleep but that they did not taste the taste of sleep..
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