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she may refuse her husband and go on her way. According to this opinion, the marriage did not take effect at all, despite the fact that they had sex, because the betrothal involved an error.
§ A baraita states: If a man betroths a woman on condition that there are no vows incumbent upon her to fulfill, but there are vows incumbent upon her, and she goes to a halakhic authority and he dissolves her vows, she is betrothed. However, if he betroths her on condition that she has no blemish
The Talmud raises a difficulty: But isn’t it taught in a different baraita that if she goes to a halakhic authority and he dissolves her vows, or to a doctor and he heals her blemishes, she is not betrothed? Rava said: This is not difficult, for this baraita follows the opinion of R' Meir, and th
The Talmud poses a question: What is this fundamental dispute between R' Meir and R' Elazar? The Talmud answers: As we learned in a Mishnah (Gittin 45b): If a man who divorces his wife due to a vow that she took subsequently regrets his decision and wants to take her back, he may not remarry her. Si
R' Yehuda says: With regard to any vow that is known by many people and therefore cannot be nullified, he may not remarry her. If it is not known by many people, but rather is a private matter between them, he may remarry her. R' Meir says: Any vow that requires investigation by a halakhic authorit