#18: Inflation and Your Word
Bemidbar/Numbers 30:3
Gimme Some Torah #18
The Torah says that “If a householder makes a vow to God or takes an oath imposing a prohibition on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must carry out all that has crossed his lips.”
The phrase “he shall not break” is לֹא יַחֵל (lo yaḥel) and has at least two meanings. One is the interpretation of Rashi, wh…
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