[Avodah] and if it was a nedder?

Goldmeier Family goldmeier.family at gmail.com
Tue May 24 14:50:23 PDT 2011


On 25/5/2011 12:01 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> Could it ever take hold? For a man, given that it's a neder that is
> keneged halakhah, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't. But if the neder were
> made by a single woman (such as this widow), is it sufficiently against
> the Torah to be inherently non-binding?

i would think she would later be able to absolve herself of the nedder 
by claiming she had an amasla when she said it - to calm her terminal 
husband and not upset him. I would think that would be enough of an 
opening to allow for a hattara at a future point.

kol tuv
Rafi Goldmeier




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