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נדרים 21:1

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GEMARA. FOUR VOWS HAVE THE RABBIS INVALIDATED etc. R. Abba b. Memel said to R. Ammi: You have told us in the name of R. Judah Nesi'ah:  Which Tanna holds this view? — R. Judah, who said on the authority of R. Tarfon: Neither is a nazir, because neziroth must be expressed with certainty.  Raba said: You may even say, The Rabbis. Does the Mishnah teach, both [subsequently] agreed — it teaches, BOTH ARE AGREED. Rabina asked R. Ashi: If he demanded more than a se'ah, and the other offered less than a shekel  is it a [valid] vow, or still a matter of incitement?  — He replied. We have learnt this. If one was urging his neighbour to eat in his house, and he answered: 'Konam if I enter your house,' or 'if I drink a drop of cold water', he may enter his house and drink cold water, because he only meant eating and drinking in general.  But why? Did he not state, a drop of cold water? Hence this is the usual manner of speech.  Thus here too: this is the usual manner of speech!  — He said to him: To Part bʰ