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The Talmud asks: Say the latter clause of the Mishnah (29a): Which oath is an oath taken in vain? It is when one takes an oath to deny that which is known to people to be true, like one says with regard to a stone column that it is made of gold. This is an oath taken in vain, for which one is liable
The Talmud responds: No, the Mishnah adds: This is an oath, to teach that for violating the prohibition against taking an oath in vain unwittingly, one is exempt from bringing an offering; but one who takes an oath saying: I ate, or: I did not eat, is liable to bring an offering for an unwitting v
The Talmud asks: But didn’t you say that the first clause of that Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael? How can the first clause follow R' Yishmael’s opinion and the latter clause follow R' Akiva’s conflicting opinion? The Talmud answers: The entire Mishnah is in accordance with
The Talmud asks: And what is different about this way of understanding the Mishnah that it is to be preferred? The Talmud answers: It stands to reason that when the Mishnah is addressing an oath referring to the future, it excludes an oath referring to the future, in accordance with the reading th
§ The Mishnah teaches that if one says: On my oath I will not eat, and he then ate any amount, even less than an olive-bulk, he is liable according to R' Akiva. A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: Does R' Akiva in the entire Torah, i.e., in general, hold that the halakha is in accordance with