Nedarim 56 - December 20, 26 Kislev

Today’s learning is dedicated by the Hadran Zoom group in honor of Miriam Kerzner. "Nearly every late night from Toronto, Canada, she joins us for the daily Daf Yomi. Miriam has inspired us, showing through example how a commitment to lifelong learning and Jewish values can be expressed at any age. We've missed your quiet presence and look forward to your rejoining us very soon! With love from the Hadran Zoom Family." Today’s daf is sponsored by Naomi Oxman in memory of Bubaleh on her 4th yahrzeit. “You’d love this masechet, it’s about the importance of keeping your words. One of your core values. Miss you mucho!” Today’s daf is dedicated for the refuah of Gidon ben Sima. If one vows from the house, does that include the attic? What about the reverse? A comparison is made to laws of leprosy in the house. Can one distinguish between the cases? Why? Another comparison is made to laws of sales. Can these actually be compared? If one vows from using a bed, is a dargash permitted? What about the reverse? What is a dargash? Ulla suggests it is a good luck bed. However several difficulties are raised against this explanation. Some of the difficulties are resolved. Rav Tachlifa suggests a different explanation - that it is a leather bed. What is the difference then between a bed and a dargash? The difference lies in the way the leather is tied onto the wooden base. If one vows against entering into the city, does that include the techum (2,000 cubits outside the city) of the city or the ibur (70 and 2/3 cubits outside the city) of the city? If one vows against entering into the house, is the doorway outside the line of the door considered part of the house? We derive from verses in Yehoshua and the Torah that the ibur is considered part of the city but the techum is not. The Mishna's ruling on the doorway is questioned by laws of leprosy of the house. However, the comparison is not relevant as laws of leprosy are unique based on derivation from the verses, which would have no bearing on definitions of what is considered outside the house for laws of vows.