God willing / I won’t swear to it / "Without a vow"

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God willing / I won’t swear to it / "Without a vow"

God willing / I won’t swear to it / "Without a vow"

Without the matter having the binding force of an oath or vow according to religious law.

("Hear, our rabbis, we ask and request a dispensation... all kinds of vows that were made... and we did not interpret it to be without a vow" – Seder Hatarat Kalalot V’Nedarim; also: "And God brought what was asked – and he fulfilled his vow. From here they bring proof when distributing charity (in public), that vows are not made but given without a vow, and its interpretation is known" – Rashi, Chronicles I 4:10; also: "These beloved and pleasant ones agreed to depart tomorrow, without a vow, from Kesselon and sail in good spirits to far distances!..." – Mendel Mo’os, Masaot Binyamin III 11, 22; also: "And if there is in Acre a minyan of Jews and a synagogue, I will go, without a vow, tomorrow or on Shabbat to the Torah scroll and bless the G’mul" – Y. Burla, Kisufim, 9)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּלִי נֶדֶר, בְּלֹא נֶדֶר

Definition (Hebrew)

מִבְּלִי שֶׁהַדְּבָרִים יִהְיוּ בַּעֲלֵי תֹּקֶף שֶׁל שְׁבוּעָה אוֹ נֶדֶר הַמְּחַיֵּב מִבְּחִינָה דָּתִית.

("שִׁמְעוּ נָא רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, הֲרֵי אֲנַחְנוּ שׁוֹאֲלִים וּמְבַקְּשִׁים הַתָּרָה...כָּל מִינִי נְדָרִים שֶׁנָּדַרְנוּ... וְלֹא פֵּרַשְׁנוּ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בְּלִי נֶדֶר"- סֵדֶר הַתָּרַת קְלָלוֹת וּנְדָרִים, וְכֵן: "וְיָבֹא אֱלֹהִים אֶת אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַל- וְשִׁלֵּם נִדְרוֹ... שֶׁאֵין נוֹדְרִין אֶלָּא נוֹתְנִין בְּלֹא נֶדֶר וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ יָדוּעַ"- רָשִׁ"י דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א ד י, וְכֵן: "הַנֶּאֱהָבִים וְהַנְּעִימִים הָאֵלֶּה הִסְכִּימוּ לָצֵאת מָחָר, בְּלֹא נֶדֶר, מִכִּסְלוֹן וְלָשׁוּט בֶּכִי טוֹב לְשָׁם, לַמֶּרְחַקִּים!..."- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסָּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יָא, פב, וְכֵן: "וְאִם יֵשׁ בְּעַכּוֹ מִנְיַן יְהוּדִים וּבַיִת כְּנֶסֶת, אַעֲלֶה, בְּלִי נֶדֶר, מָחָר אוֹ בְּשַׁבָּת לְסַפֵּר תּוֹרָה וַאֲבָרֵךְ "הַגּוֹמֵל"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 9)

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