Talmud Jerusalem
Talmud Jerusalem

Talmud for Nedarim 5:1

שנדר אין זה כשר. מתניתא דר' יודה דתני בשם רבי יודה חסידים הראשונים מתאוין להביא קרבן חטאת לא היה המקום מספיק בידם חט והיו נודרים בנזיר בשביל להביא קרבן חטאת ר"ש אומר חוטאים היו שהיו נודרים בנזיר שנא' (במדבר ו) וכפר עליו מאשר חטא על הנפש. חט זה על נפשו שמנע עצמו מן היין. ואתייא דשמעון הצדיק כר"ש דתני אמר שמעון הצדיק מימי לא אכלתי אשם נזיר אלא אחד. פעם אחד עלה אלי אדם אחד מדרום וראיתיו אדמוני עם יפה עינים וטוב רואי וקווצותיו מסודרות תילי תילים ואמרתי לו בני מה ראיתה להשחית את השיער הנאה הזה. ונם לי רבי רועה הייתי בעירי והלכתי למלאות את השאוב מים וראיתי את הבובייה שלי בתוך המים ופחז יצרי עלי וביקש לאבדיני מן העולם. אמרתי לו רשע אתה מפחז בדבר שאינו שלך עלי להקדישך לשמים. והרכנתיו בראשי ואמרתי לו בני כמותך ירבו עושי רצון המקום בישראל עליך הכתוב אומר (שם) איש או אשה כי יפליא לנדר נדר נזיר להזיר לה'. ר' מנא בעי למה לי כשמעון הצדיק אפילו כר"ש. לא אכל שמעון הצדיק חטאת חלב מימיו לא אכל שמעון הצדיק חטאת דם מימיו. סבר שמעון הצדיק בני אדם מתוך הקפידה הם נודרין. מכיון שנודרין מתוך הקפדה סופו לתהות. מכיון שהוא תוהא נעשו קרבנותיו כשוחט חולין בעזרה. וזה מתוך ישוב נדר ופיו ולבו שווין:

R. Hanina says: The sun must have gone down and the moon have commenced to rise. In effect R. Samuel says: The moon cannot shine as long as the sun still lightens, neither can the moon shine after the sun has darted his (morning) beams. R. Samuel bar-Hiya, in the name of R. Hanina, says: If a man, when the sun has begun to set, descends from the summit of Mount Carmel to bathe in the sea, and re-ascends to partake of the oblations, he has certainly bathed during the daytime. It is, however, only a certainty in the case of one taking cross-roads to shorten the route; but not in the case of one who follows the high road (Strata). What is meant by "the intermediate period "? R. Tanhooma says: It resembles the delay of a drop of blood placed on the edge of a sword, i.e. the time required for the drop of blood to divide and run down on either side of the blade, is equivalent to the period of transition. According to R. Nehemiah, it means the time it would require for a man to run half a mile, after sunset. R. Yosse says: This twilight lasts no longer than the twinkling of an eye, and not even the men of science could measure it.

Jerusalem Talmud Nedarim

Rebbi Jeremiah said, what you say is only that there are changed circumstances before the matter is discussed46It always is possible by discussing the matter to find an aspect of changed circumstances which has not changed from the time the vow was made.. The force of Rebbi Yose47It is not stated what R. Yose (the Amora’s) position is but the last sentence of the paragraph implies that R. Yose opposes R. Jeremiah. is from the following48Mishnah 5:4. When a group of nezirim came from Babylonia to Palestine shortly after the destruction of the Temple, he asked them whether they would have vowed to be nezirim had they known that the Temple would be destroyed and they would permanently be forbidden wine and grapes and contact with corpses since the termination of the state of nazir depends on the Temple ceremony; cf. Num. 6:20.: “That was the error of Naḥum the Mede.” What was his error? That he found them an opening by changed circumstances. “Naḥum the Mede said to them: ‘Would you have made a vow to become nezirim if you had known that the Temple would be destroyed at some future time?’ ” Rebbi Ze‘ira said, the following he should have said to them: Did you not know that the earlier prophets had prophesied while the Temple was standing that eventually it would be destroyed? Then there are no changed circumstances. Rebbi Hila said, still it is changed circumstances. They could have said to him, we knew it, but it seemed to us that this referred to the far future49Ez. 12:27.: “The vision he sees is for many years; for faraway times he prophesies.” It turns out that Rebbi Jeremiah parallels Rebbi Ze‘ira and Rebbi Yose parallels Rebbi Hila.
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Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra

MISHNAH: One forces him to build a porter’s lodge and a door for the courtyard37Any owner of one of the houses opening to the courtyard can take the other owners to court and have them contribute their fair share to the building and maintenance of a secure entrance to the courtyard. According to Tosephta Bava meṣi‘a 11:17, the condominium can force an absentee landlord to contribute to this but to nothing else.. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, not all courtyards are appropriate for a porter’s lodge. One forces38The town administration can force contributions from all property owners to projects concerning their common safety. him to build a wall for the town with double doors and bolt. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, not all towns39Villages usually are unwalled. are appropriate for a wall. How long does he have to stay in a town to be like an inhabitant of the town40To be a local taxpayer.? Twelve months; if he bought an apartment he immediately is an inhabitant of the town.
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