Nazir 24a

נזיר כ״ד ע״א

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Topic

Animals and money a woman set aside for her נזירות offerings after her husband cancels her נדר, and whether a husband owes his wife her offerings

Overview

The amud opens with the last line of the previous אגדה: לוט's older daughter was rewarded when her descendants, through רות, reached kingship four generations before her sister's. Then a new משנה begins. A woman vowed to be a נזירה and set aside animals for her offerings, but her husband then cancelled (הפרה) her נדר. If the animal belonged to him, it goes back to the flock as an ordinary animal. If it was hers, the חטאת is left to die, the עולה is offered as an עולה, and the שלמים is offered as שלמים, eaten for one day and without bread. Money she had not assigned goes to voluntary offerings. Assigned money follows its offering: the חטאת money is destroyed, while the עולה and שלמים money buys those offerings. The גמרא then asks which תנא holds that a husband does not owe his wife her offerings. רב חסדא says the רבנן, because רבי יהודה makes the husband responsible through the כתובה. רבא answers that even רבי יהודה only obligates him for what she needs, and in a second version רב חסדא himself says the משנה is רבי יהודה.

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The steps (11)

1. ConclusionThe older daughter's reward: four generations of kingship first
2. StatementNew משנה: wife's נזיר vow cancelled after she set aside an animal that was her husband's
3. StatementIf the animal was hers: what happens to each type of offering
4. StatementWhat happens to money she set aside for the offerings
5. StatementMoney set aside for the עולה and for the שלמים
6. QuestionWho holds that a husband does not owe his wife her offerings?
7. Responseרב חסדא: The משנה follows the רבנן, not רבי יהודה
8. ProofThe source for רבי יהודה: a husband brings his wife's offerings
9. Responseרבא: The משנה can fit even רבי יהודה
10. ResponseSecond version: רב חסדא says the משנה is רבי יהודה
11. ProofWhy the משנה cannot follow the רבנן