Nedarim 35a

נדרים ל״ה ע״א

Learn Nedarim 35a step by step: Aramaic beside English, every question, answer and proof colour-coded.

Topic

Whether a קונם prohibition stays on an item after it is given as a gift, and whether the laws of מעילה apply to קונמות

Overview

The גמרא challenges רבא with a ברייתא about a man who refused to lend his cow or spade and made a vow. The ברייתא says the item becomes permitted once the vower dies or once it is given as a gift. רב אחא בריה דרב איקא answers that the gift came through a third person, not from the vower himself. רב אשי supports this from the ברייתא's wording: 'it was given,' not 'he gave.' Then a new topic opens. רבא asks רב נחמן whether the laws of מעילה (misusing הקדש) apply to items forbidden by a קונם. רב נחמן proves from a משנה that a קונם is like הקדש, so there is מעילה. The גמרא shows this is a dispute: רבי מאיר holds there is מעילה in קונמות, and the חכמים hold there is not. Finally, רב אשי rules that when someone gives a forbidden loaf as a gift, the receiver commits מעילה once he uses it.

Opening lines

אֵיתִיבֵיהּ, אָמַר לוֹ: ״הַשְׁאִילֵנִי פָּרָתְךָ״,

He raised an objection to him: If someone said to him: 'Lend me your cow,'

אָמַר לוֹ: ״קֻוֽנָּם פָּרָה שֶׁאֲנִי קָנוּי לָךְ״,

and he answered him: 'Any cow that I bought is קונם for you,'

״נְכָסַי עָלֶיךָ אִם יֵשׁ לִי פָּרָה אֶלָּא זוֹ״.

or 'My property is forbidden to you if I have a cow other than this one.'

״הַשְׁאִילֵנִי קַרְדּוּמְּךָ״, אָמַר לוֹ:

Or someone said: 'Lend me your spade,' and he answered him:

The steps (9)

ChallengeA teaching about a refused cow and spade challenges רבא
ResolutionThe gift came through a third person
ProofThe exact wording supports the answer
QuestionDoes מעילה apply to items forbidden by a קונם
Responseרב נחמן: A קונם is like הקדש, so there is מעילה
StatementA dispute of תנאים: רבי מאיר's view
StatementThe חכמים: no מעילה in קונמות
QuestionWho is guilty of מעילה when a forbidden loaf is given as a gift?
Responseרב אשי: The receiver is guilty once he uses it