Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Nedarim/Chapter 1/3

Hebrew Text

האומר:

"לא חולין לא אוכל, לך",

"לא כשר" ו"לא דכי",

"טהור" ו"טמא",

"נותר" ו"פגול" –

אסור.

"כאימרא",

"כדירים",

"כעצים",

"כאישים",

"כמזבח",

"כהיכל",

"כירושלים",

נדר באחד מכל משמשי המזבח,

אף על פי שלא הזכיר קרבן –

הרי זה נדר בקרבן.

רבי יהודה אומר:

האומר "ירושלים" – לא אמר כלום

English Translation

If one says to his fellow:

"Not chulin I won't eat of yours",

[or] "not kosher" or "not permitted",

[or] "pure" or "impure",

[or] "notar" or "pigul" -

[it is] forbidden.

[If one says to his fellow:]

"Like a lamb",

[or] "like enclosures",

[or] "like wood",

[or] "like fires",

[or] "like the altar",

[or] "like the sanctuary",

[or] "like Jerusalem",

if one made a vow on any of the instruments of the altar,

even though there was no mention of sacrifice -

behold this is a vow of a sacrifice.

Rabbi Yehuda says:

If he said "Jerusalem" he didn't say anything.