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Kesubos 13:11-Nedarim 1:1

Kesubos 13:11

Everyone can move their family to Israel (against their wishes) but no one can make them leave. Everyone can move their family to Jerusalem but no one can make them leave. These rules apply to both the husband and the wife. If a man both married and divorced his wife in Israel, he pays her in the currency of Israel. If he married her in Israel and divorced her in Cappadocia (in southern Turkey), he pays her in the currency of Israel. If he married her in Cappadocia and divorced her in Israel, he pays her in the currency of Israel. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says he pays her in the currency of Cappadocia. If a man both married and divorced his wife in Cappadocia, he pays her in the currency of Cappadocia.

Nedarim 1:1

Any words substituted for a vow are like a vow, any words substituted for a ban are like a ban, any words substituted for an oath are like an oath, and any words substituted for a nazirite commitment are like a nazirite commitment. If one person tells another, “I take a vow against you,” “ I separate from you,” “I distance myself from you because I will not eat from you” or “I will not taste anything of yours,” in all of these cases he is prohibited (as if he took a formal vow). If he says, “I am excommunicated from you,” Rabbi Akiva acted stringently. If one said, “like the vows of the wicked,” he has made a vow to be a nazir, bring a sacrifice or refrain from something, depending on the context. If one said, “like the vows of upright people,” he has said nothing (because upright people don’t take vows). If he said, “like their donations,” he has made a vow to be a nazir or to bring a sacrifice, as appropriate.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz