Commentary for Shevuot 3:3
שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶשְׁתֶּה וְשָׁתָה מַשְׁקִין הַרְבֵּה, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁלֹּא אֶשְׁתֶּה יַיִן וָשֶׁמֶן וּדְבַשׁ וְשָׁתָה, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת:
"I swear that I shall not drink," and he drank many (different kinds of) drinks, he is liable only for one. "I swear that I shall not drink wine, and oil, and honey," and he drank, he is liable for each one. [The Gemara construes this as an instance of one's urging him: "Come and drink with me wine, oil, and honey." (If he intended one oath,) he would have said "I swear I shall not drink with you," and no more, the oath applying to what was being urged upon him. Why "wine, oil, and honey," if not to render them distinct?]
Bartenura on Mishnah Shevuot
שבועה שלא אשתה יין ושמן ודבש – In the Gemara (Tractate Shevuot 23b) it establishes it as, for example, when his fellow urges him and says to him: “Come and drink with me wine, oil and honey. He should have said to him an oath that he I would not drink with you and nothing further. For when he took an oath, why did he urge him that I will take an oath regarding wine, oil and honey.” We learn from it that he comes to allot/assign (i.e., to divide).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shevuot
“I swear I shall not drink,” and he drank many liquids, he is liable only once.
“I swear I shall not drink wine, oil, and honey,” and he drank [all three], he is liable for each one.
Mishnah three discusses a person who swears not to drink. The question again is, how many different oaths did he make.
This mishnah teaches the same law as the previous mishnah, except it discusses drinking. Again we learn that if he specifies what he will not drink, he has sworn (and then broken) three separate oaths and he will be obligated for three separate sacrifices. If he makes one general oath, he will be obligated to bring only one separate sacrifice.
“I swear I shall not drink wine, oil, and honey,” and he drank [all three], he is liable for each one.
Mishnah three discusses a person who swears not to drink. The question again is, how many different oaths did he make.
This mishnah teaches the same law as the previous mishnah, except it discusses drinking. Again we learn that if he specifies what he will not drink, he has sworn (and then broken) three separate oaths and he will be obligated for three separate sacrifices. If he makes one general oath, he will be obligated to bring only one separate sacrifice.
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