(Mishnah): We may be Pose'ach through [pointing out that a vow includes] Shabbos and Yom Tov.

At first, they said that those days (Shabbos and Yom Tov) are permitted (after regret) and all other days are forbidden, until R. Akiva came and taught that a vow that was partially permitted is totally permitted.

How is this? If one said 'Konam, none of you may benefit from me' and one of them became permitted, all of them are permitted;

'May not benefit from me - this one, and this one, and this one...', and the first one was permitted, all are permitted. If the last one was permitted, the last is permitted and the others are forbidden.

If one said 'benefit that I give to this one is [like a] Korban, and to this one Korban, and to this one Korban', [to permit them], he needs a [separate] Pesach for each one.

'Konam wine that I will not taste, for it is bad for the intestines', and they told him that old wine is good for the intestines, old wine is permitted. Not only old wine is permitted, rather, all wine;

'Konam onions that I will not taste, for they are bad for the heart', and they told him that onions of Kufri are good for the heart, Kufri onions are permitted. Not only Kufri onions are permitted, rather, all onions;

Such a case occurred, and R. Meir permitted all onions to him.

(Gemara - Beraisa): [When he forbade this one, and this one, and this one...',] if the middle was permitted, he and below (after him) are permitted. From him and above (before him) are forbidden.

(Beraisa - in the name of R. Nasan): There is a vow that is partially Batel and partially sustained. How is this? He vowed from a basket, and there were Benos Sheva (a good species of figs) there. He said, 'had I known that there are Benos Sheva there, I would not have vowed', Benos Sheva permitted. Not only Benos Sheva are permitted, rather, the entire basket;

However, if he said 'had I known that there are Benos Sheva there, I would not have vowed from Benos Sheva', only Benos Sheva are permitted. (In such a case, we do not say that a vow that is partially Batel is totally Batel.)

(Mishnah): We may be Pose'ach with a person's own honor and his children's honor.

He tells [the Noder] 'had you known that later, people will say about you 'this is Ploni's practice, to divorce his wives.' They will say about your daughters 'they were born (out of wedlock) from a divorcee (after their mother's divorce) - what (infidelity) was seen in their mother to be divorced?', would you have vowed?

If he says 'had I known that it is so, I would not have vowed', it is permitted.

(Gemara - Beraisa - R. Yehudah ben Beseira): We may be Pose'ach for a man only with his own honor.

This is like the case of a woman who vowed from her daughter. She came to R. Yochanan. He told her, 'had you known that your daughter will get a bad reputation, would you have vowed? She said no, and he permitted her.

Note: It seems that 'this is like' means that the coming episode helps to clarify R. Yehudah ben Beseira's intent.

Question: (What is the Chidush?) Is this not our Mishnah - we are Pose'ach with a person's own honor and his children's honor!

Answer: You should not think like R. Yehudah ben Beseira [that we are Pose'ach only with his own honor].

(Mishnah): If one said 'Konam, I will not marry Plonis, because she is ugly', and she is actually pretty, or 'because she is black (or short)', and she is really white (or tall), she is permitted to him;

It is not because she was ugly and became pretty, or black became white, or short and became tall. Rather, the vow was a mistake [from the beginning].

A case occurred in which a man vowed Hana'ah from his sister's daughter. They took her to R. Yishmael's house and prettied her up.

R. Yishmael: Did you vow from this girl? He said 'no', and R. Yishmael permitted him.

At that time, R. Yishmael cried 'Benos Yisrael are pretty, but poverty sullies them!' (RASHBA 65b - therefore, it is common for them to become pretty, and this is not Nolad.)

(Gemara): [R. Yishmael] made for her a gold eye and a gold tooth (CHASDEI DAVID, Tosefta 5:7 - gold ornaments, so her uncle would overlook her false tooth), and said to him 'acquire what is on her.'

(Mishnah): When R. Yishmael died, Benos Yisrael lamented and said 'Benos Yisrael, cry over R. Yishmael!'

It says similarly about Sha'ul "Benos Yisrael Al Sha'ul Bechenah..."

(Gemara): It says similarly about Sha'ul "Benos Yisrael Al Sha'ul Bechenah..."

R. Yehudah and R. Nechemyah [argued about this]. One said that it is literally Benos Yisrael. When their husbands went to war, he fed [the wives].

Question: Why does it say "[Al Sha'ul Bechenah ha'Malbishchem...] ha'Ma'aleh Adei Zahav Al Levushchen"? (This implies that he gave to them garments and ornaments!)

Answer: An ornament is beautiful only on a pampered (well fed) body.

The other (of R. Yehudah and R. Nechemyah) said that Benos Yisrael refers to Beniyos (the builders) in Yisrael, i.e. the Sanhedriyos of Yisrael. He would see a group of Chachamim, and feed and clothe them.

Question: Why does it say "ha'Ma'aleh Adei Zahav Al Levushchen"? (Chachamim do not wear gold garments!)

Answer: He would hear a reason in Halachah from a Chacham, and praise it.