Commentary for Nedarim 10:6

שׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם, בֵּין לְיָבָם אֶחָד בֵּין לִשְׁנֵי יְבָמִין, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, יָפֵר. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, לְאֶחָד אֲבָל לֹא לִשְׁנָיִם. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, לֹא לְאֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנָיִם. אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, מָה אִם אִשָּׁה, שֶׁקָּנָה הוּא לְעַצְמוֹ, הֲרֵי הוּא מֵפֵר נְדָרֶיהָ, אִשָּׁה שֶׁהִקְנוּ לוֹ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיָּפֵר נְדָרֶיהָ. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, לֹא, אִם אָמַרְתָּ בְאִשָּׁה שֶׁקָּנָה הוּא לְעַצְמוֹ, שֶׁאֵין לַאֲחֵרִים בָּהּ רְשׁוּת, תֹּאמַר בְּאִשָּׁה שֶׁהִקְנוּ לוֹ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַאֲחֵרִים בָּהּ רְשׁוּת. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, עֲקִיבָא, דְּבָרֶיךָ בִשְׁנֵי יְבָמִין. מָה אַתָּה מֵשִׁיב עַל יָבָם אֶחָד. אָמַר לוֹ, אֵין הַיְבָמָה גְמוּרָה לַיָּבָם כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָאֲרוּסָה גְמוּרָה לְאִישָׁהּ:

A shomereth yavam (a woman awaiting yibum), either to one yavam or to two yavmin, R. Eliezer says: He (the yavam) can annul. [The instance is one in which the yavam makes a ma'amar in her, R. Eliezer holding that a ma'amar effects bona fide Torah acquisition. And if she is a na'arah and she has a father, her father and the yavam who had made a ma'amar in her annul her vows.] R. Yehoshua says: To one, but not to two. [For R. Yehoshua does not hold a ma'amar to effect bona fide acquisition. However, he does hold that zikkah ("linkage") obtains, and that zikkah is like marriage. And when there is only one yavam, he annuls; but if there are two, neither of them annuls, for there is no breirah (retroactive discrimination).] R. Akiva says: Neither to one nor to two. [He holds that zikkah is not like marriage and that ma'amar does not effect bona fide Torah acquisition.] R. Eliezer: Now if a woman whom he acquired for himself [i.e., his betrothed] — if he annuls her vows — a woman bequeathed to him by Heaven [i.e., his yevamah], how much more so should he annul her vows [jointly, with her father]! R Akiva to R. Eliezer: It may be so with a woman whom he acquired for himself, for others have no rights in her! [For she, too, is linked to the other yavmin.] R. Yehoshua to R. Akiva: Akiva, your words (stand to reason) for two yavmin, but what will you say for one yavam! [That is, your answer suffices for the words of R. Eliezer, who says that he annuls even where there are two yavmin. But how will you answer my: "to one, but not to two"?] R. Akiva to R. Yehoshua: The yevamah is not absolutely acquired by the yavam [to make one who lives with her liable to the death penalty], as the betrothed is absolutely acquired by her husband [touching this penalty. The halachah is in accordance with R. Akiva.]

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