תלמוד על במדבר 15:1

MISHNAH: Indeterminate oaths are interpreted restrictively and explicit ones liberally. How is this? If one said, this is for me like salted meat⁴⁷I. e., a sacrifice (Lev. 2:13)., like libation wine⁴⁸Num. 15:1–13., if his intent was for Heaven, he is forbidden, if for idolatry, he is permitted⁴⁹Since everything destined for idolatrous worship is forbidden for any use, it cannot become qorbān., if indeterminate⁵⁰If the person making the vow had nothing special in mind, his words have to be interpreted as referring to an instance which makes his vow valid. he is forbidden. This is for me like a ban, if by a ban for Heaven⁵¹A gift to the Temple which is forbidden for any use until redeemed from the Temple treasury., he is forbidden, if priest’s⁵²Bans given to priests become their fully profane private property, not restricted in any way. A referral to such bans cannot prohibit., he is permitted, if indeterminate he is forbidden. This is for me like tithe, if animal tithe, he is forbidden⁵³Animal tithe is automatically a sacrifice which does not need dedication (Lev. 27:32); it is qorbān., if from grain, he is permitted⁵⁴Tithe from which its heave was separated is totally profane in the Levite’s hand., if indeterminate he is forbidden. This is for me like heave, if Temple heave⁵⁵The half-šeqel yearly Temple tax which was used to buy public sacrifices; cf. Mishnah Šeqalim 3:1., he is forbidden, if heave from the threshing floor, he is permitted⁵⁶Since heave is private property of the receiving Cohen; cf. Note 8., if indeterminate he is forbidden, the words of Rebbi Meїr. But the Sages say, indeterminate heave in Judea is prohibited, in Galilee permitted, since Galileans do not know of Temple heave⁵⁷The Temple tax there was never known as “Temple heave” but as “half-šeqel.. Indeterminate bans in Judea are permitted, in Galilee prohibited, since Galileans do not know of priest’s bans⁵⁸They know bans only as expression of total prohibitions for everybody..