Nedarim 151

Chapter 151

אאימאYmסיפאSyfאמרוMrvלוLvלר"אLr"אםMמטביליןMtvylynכליKhlyטמאTmליטהרLythrיטבילוYtvylvכליKhlyלכשיטמאLkhshytmליטהרLythrשמעShmמינהMynhחייליןKhyylyn
1Then consider the second clause: They [the Rabbis] said to R. Eliezer: If an unclean utensil is immersed in order to purify it, shall a clean utensil be immersed, so that on [subsequently] becoming defiled it shall [simultaneously] become clean!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> This proves that they do take effect.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since they compare it to the prior immersion of a utensil to render it clean after it has become defiled. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
באמריMryרבנןRvnnלאLקיימיKyymyלהוןLhvnבטעמיהVtmyhדר"אDr"והכיVhkhyקאמריKmryליהLyhמאיMyסביראSvyrלךLkhאיYסביראSvyrלךLkhדחייליןDkhyylynובטליןVvtlynתהויThvyכליKhlyתיובתךTyvvtkhאיYלאLסביראSvyrלךLkhדחייליןDkhyylynתהויThvyמקוהMkvhתיובתךTyvvtkh
2— I will tell you: The Rabbis were not clear as to R. Eliezer's standpoint. Hence they said thus to him: What is your opinion? If you maintain that they [the vows] take effect, but are annulled, you are refuted by [the analogy of] a utensil; whilst if you do not hold that they take effect, the mikweh is your refutation. Come and hear: R. Eliezer said to them: If defiled seeds are rendered clean by being sown in the soil, how much more so if [already] sown and rooted [in the soil]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That they certainly cannot be defiled. Thus also vows: if a vow can be annulled when already in force, surely the annulment can operate to prevent it from coming into force! ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
גת"שTsh"אמרMrלהםLhmר"אR"ומהVmhזרעיםZrymטמאיםTmymכיוןKhyvnשזרעןShzrnבקרקעVkrkטהוריןThvrynזרועיןZrvynועומדיםVvmdymלאLכלKhlשכןShkhnש"מShm"לאLחייליןKhyylyn
3This proves that they do not take effect at all. Now, do not the Rabbis admit the validity of [such] an ad majus conclusion? Surely it was taught: I might think that a man can sell his daughter when a na'arah:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to Ex. XXI, 7. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
דורבנןVrvnnלאLדרשיDrshyק"וKv"והאVhתניאTnyיכולYkhvlימכורYmkhvrאדםDmאתTבתוVtvכשהיאKhshhyנערהNrhאמרתMrtק"וKv"מכורהMkhvrhכברKhvrיוצאהYvtshאינהYnhמכורהMkhvrhאינוYnvדיןDynשלאShlתימכרTymkhr
4— But you can argue a minori: if she who was already sold goes free,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On attaining the na'arah stage. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> is it not logical that if not sold yet, she cannot be sold [now]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Kid. 4a. This reasoning is exactly analogous to R. Eliezer's. The Talmud interposes that no verse is required. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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