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and the rabbis were troubled by the fact that they could not dissolve the vow. They spent an extended period of time attempting to do so. During this time, they moved from a location with light from the sun to one with shade, and then moved again from the shade back to the sun.
The Talmud cites another version of the incident: They asked him: Did you vow with knowledge of this particular fact when you vowed? He said to them: Yes. This occurred several times and the rabbis were troubled with this problem for an extended period of time, during which they moved from the sun
Botnit, son of Abba Shaul ben Botnit, said to him: Would you have vowed with the knowledge that the rabbis would be troubled even to the point of going from shade to sun and from sun to shade? He said: No, and they dissolved it.
The Talmud relates another incident: R' Yishmael bar R' Yosei had a vow to dissolve. He came before the rabbis. They said to him: Did you vow with knowledge of this particular fact? He said to them: Yes. They asked again: Did you vow with knowledge of this other fact? He said to them: Yes. This oc
Rav Aḥa of Difti said to Ravina: This is a case of a new situation, which is not included among those matters that he could have considered at the time of the vow, because it would not enter his mind that the launderer would hit him. And we already learned: We do not broach dissolution with a perso