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Encyclopedia entry: Vows

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Vows The basic text regarding the taking of vows is: ‘When a man voweth a vow unto the Lord, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth’ (Numbers 30: 3). In the traditional understanding of this verse the reference is to a vow or an oath to refrain from some enjoyment as a kind of sacrifice to God. (The term ‘oath’ is also used to refer to oaths taken in a court of law, but both vows and oaths in this text denote only personal declarations of a religious nature.) According to the Rabbis, the vow refers to the object, the oath to the person. For instance, a man may ...

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