Nedarim 16

Chapter 16

א כך אי אפשר לחלום בלא דברים בטלים
1 so is there no dream without meaningless matter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the ban is not lifted. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Rabina's wife was under a vow; he then came before R. Ashi, asking. Can the husband become an agent for his wife's regret?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to have the vow cancelled. On regret (haratah). v. infra 21b, a.l. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
ב רבינא הוה לה נדרא לדביתהו אתא לקמיה דרב אשי אמר ליה בעל מהו שייעשה שליח לחרטת אשתו אמר ליה אי מכנפין אין אי לא לא
2 — He replied: If they [the three scholars] are ready assembled, he can do so: but not otherwise.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because having troubled to assemble three scholars, he may be anxious that his trouble should not be unrewarded and so exceed his wife's instructions as to the grounds on which she desired absolution. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> Three things may be inferred front this incident: [i] A husband can become an agent for his wife's regret. [ii] It is not seemly<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the reading of Ran. Cur. edd. (quoted by Rashi too): a scholar is not permitted. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
ג שמע מינה תלת שמע מינה בעל נעשה שליח לחרטת אשתו ושמע מינה לא שרי למישרי נדרא באתרא דרביה ושמע מינה כי מכנפין שפיר דמי
3 for a scholar to revoke a vow in his teacher's town.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since Rabina, himself a Rabbi, did not act in the town of R. Ashi, his teacher. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> [iii] If they [the necessary scholars] are already assembled, it is well. But a scholar may lift a ban even in the vicinity of his master, and even a single ordained scholar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mumhe, v. Glos. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
ד ושמתא אפילו באתרא דרביה ויחיד מומחה שרי שמתא
4 may lift a ban. R. Simeon b. Zebid said in the name of R. Isaac b. Tabla, in the name of R. Hiyya Areka of the school of R. Aha, in the name of R. Zera in the name of R. Eleazar in the name of R. Hanania in the name of R. Mi'asha on the authority of R. Judah b. Il'ai: What is the meaning of, But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. III. 20. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
ה אמר רבי שמעון בר זביד אמר רב יצחק בר טבלא אמר רבי חייא אריכא דבי רבי אחא אמר רבי זירא אמר רבי אלעזר אמר רבי חנינא אמר רבי מיאשה משמיה דרבי יהודה בר אילעאי מאי דכתיב וזרחה לכם יראי שמי (שמש צדקה וגו') אלו בני אדם שהן יראין להוציא שם שמים לבטלה שמש צדקה ומרפא אמר אביי שמע מינה חירגא דיומא מסי
5 — This refers to those people who fear to utter the Divine name in vain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The name of God represents the Divine nature and the relation of God to His people. As such it was understood as the equivalent of the Divine Presence, hence the awe with which it was surrounded, cf. Kid. 71a, Sanh. 99a. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> 'The sin of righteousness with healing in its wings': Said Abaye, This proves that the motes dancing in the sun's rays have healing power. Now, he differs from R. Simeon b. Lakish, who said: There is no Gehinnom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gehinnom (Gehenna) as an equivalent of hell, purgatory, takes its name from the place where children were once sacrificed to Moloch, viz., ge ben Hinnom, the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the south of Jerusalem (Josh. XV, 8; 11 Kings XXIII, 10; Jer. VII, 32-32; XIX, 6. 13-14). ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
ו ופליגא דרבי שמעון בן לקיש דאמר אין גיהנם לעולם הבא לא הקדוש ברוך הוא מוציא חמה מנרתיקה צדיקים מתרפאין בה ורשעים נידונין בה שנאמר וזרחה לכם יראי שמי שמש וגו' ולא עוד אלא שמתעדנין בה שנאמר ויצאתם ופשתם כעגלי מרבק
6 in the world to come,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ['Olam ha-ba. Here, as it is clear from the context, the reference is to the Messianic days.] ');"><sup>10</sup></span> but the Holy One, blessed be He, will draw forth the sun from its sheath: the righteous shall be healed, and the wicked shall be judged and punished thereby. As it is written, But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus, unlike Abaye, he applies the verse to the future world. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
ז והרשעים נידונין בה שנאמר הנה יום בא בוער כתנור וגו':
7 Moreover, they shall be rejuvenated by it, as it is written, And ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. III, 20. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> But the wicked shall be punished thereby, as it is written, Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. III, 19. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>