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1)[line 5]äôø ìä áòìäHEFER LAH BA'ALAH (HAFARAS NEDARIM - Annulling vows)

(a)A man has the right to annul certain vows of his wife and his young daughter, as the Torah states in Bamidbar 30:6, 9, 13-14. He accomplishes this by stating, on the day that he hears the vow, "Mufar Lach" ("[the vow] is annulled"). There is an argument among the Tana'im whether the vow must be annulled before nightfall on the day the husband/father heard it, or before 24 hours pass from when he heard it (Nedarim 77a); the former is the Halachic opinion.

(b)A father may annul his daughter's vows while she is young, starting from the age at which her vows are valid (11 years old) until she becomes a Bogeres (six months after she becomes a Na'arah by growing two pubic hairs). If the father marries her off before she becomes a Bogeres, during the period of Eirusin both the father and the husband, or "Arus," must annul the vows in order for the annulment to be effective. After the consummation of the marriage through Nisu'in, the husband may annul the vows by himself. The father no longer has rights over her vows after her marriage, even if she is divorced before becoming a Bogeres.

(c)Nobody may annul the vows of a woman if she is an unmarried Bogeres, or if she is an unmarried Na'arah who was once married or who has no father. Instead, her Nedarim must be revoked through Hataras Nedarim (see Background to Nedarim 20:1).

(d)If the father or husband is "Mekayem" the vow even before the day is over (i.e. he upholds or endorses the vow; this is also referred to as "Kiyum" or "Hakamah"), by stating "[the vow] is endorsed," he can no longer be Mefer the vow. His wife or daughter must abide by her vow. (There is a disagreement among the Poskim as to whether the wife or daughter can remove the Neder through Hataras Nedarim after Hakamah; see Insights to Nedarim 69:1:a:1.)

2)[line 8]áòì îéò÷ø ò÷øBA'AL MI'AKAR AKAR- the husband uproots the vow from the beginning

3)[line 9]áòì îéâæ âééæBA'AL MEIGAZ GAYIZ- the husband cuts off and annuls the Neder for the future (while leaving the Neder intact until the time of the Hafarah)

4)[line 20]äåàéì åùðä áçèàHO'IL V'SHANAH V'CHET- since he sinned a second time

5)[line 27]ëäìéï îéìéK'HALEIN MILEI- like these good words (explanations)

19b----------------------------------------19b

6)[line 15]ãðô÷ çã åîúçéìéï úøéïD'NAFAK CHAD U'MASCHILIN TREIN- the first day has passed and the second day is starting

7)[line 26]áäéìðé äîìëäHILNI HA'MALKAH- Helene, the queen of Adiabene, a district of Assyria between the rivers Lycus and Caprus, whose sons Bazutus (also known as Aziati) and Munbaz secretly converted to Judaism. She and her son Munbaz lived for a number of years in Yerushalayim. She made a golden lamp that hung over the opening of the Heichal and a golden tablet upon which was written the Parshah of Sotah. King Munbaz made golden handles for the vessels used in the Avodah of Yom ha'Kipurim. After his death, his children remained in Eretz Yisrael. (TIFERES YISRAEL to Yoma 3:10:58) (According to Rashi Bava Basra 11a, Queen Helene and Munbaz were descendants of the Hasmoneans.)

8)[last line]àøõ äòîéíERETZ HA'AMIM (TUM'AS ERETZ HA'AMIM - The Decree of the Chachamim that Chutz la'Aretz is Tamei)

(a)There is a Rabbinic decree that all lands outside of Eretz Yisrael are considered Tamei, since Nochrim bury miscarried fetuses in their homes.

(b)Our Gemara discusses whether this decree applies only to the land itself or even to the airspace above it. The Halachic ramification of this distinction is whether or not a Nazir may be carried out of Eretz Yisrael in, for example, a Shidah (a sedan chair or chest).

9)[last line]îùåí âåùä âæøå òìéäMISHUM GUSHAH GAZRU ALEHA- (a) the [Rabanan] decreed that its land should be considered Tamei [and since they were not so stringent as to decree Tum'ah on its airspace, they were not so stringent as to require a Nazir who observed his Nezirus in Chutz la'Aretz to repeat his entire Nezirus in Eretz Yisrael]; (b) according to the Girsa "MISHUM AVIRA GAZRU ALEHA" - the [Rabanan] decreed that its airspace should be considered Tamei [and since this is a stringency that applies only to Chutz la'Aretz, it is obvious that this is a Rabbinic enactment and there is no need to be concerned that there are those who will assume that this Halachah applies to Tum'ah d'Oraisa as well] (TOSFOS)