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This week we will focus on four types of vows that are automatically void. These include vows meant to motivate someone to do something, vows that are exaggerated, unintentional vows, and vows whose consequences are out of our control. The Gemara explains and gives several examples for each type of vow.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn the proper format to create a vow or an oath and  the difference between the two. One can prohibit one’s mouth from  speaking to another person or feet from walking with another person. We  will learn how vows are more stringent than oaths in some ways and how  oaths are more stringent than vows in other ways.

This week we will learn that it is permissible to take a vow to fulfill a  mitzvah. The Gemara explains that if a person dreamt that they were  excommunicated, they need ten people to release them from the  excommunication. The Gemara then describes different words or terms that  can be used to crate a vow.

This week we will learn what a Neder (vow) is and how one can obligate or prohibit something to themselves. The Gemara describes different ways one can make a vow and if partial declarations are valid.  We will also learn about the prohibition of not delaying a mitzvah.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn about people owing money to others and their  responsibility to pay it back. We will also learn about several cases  where there is a discrepancy between the two parties about who owes whom  money. We will finish the Masechet with the topic of sanctity and the  importance of living and being buried in Israel.

This week we will learn what happens when a court makes a mistake on the  valuation of property. We will also learn who gets her Ketuva payment  when she gets divorced and who doesn’t. Chapter twelve deals with  husbands who promise to support their stepdaughters and the consequences  of that promise.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn how we divide a limited estate between surviving  wives each with a different Ketuva value. We will also learn about a  widow’s financial relationship with the orphans. The Gemara also teaches  that a widow has the right to sell part of the estate to support  herself and for her Ketuva.