Halakhah for Nedarim 3:5

הֲרֵי נְטִיעוֹת הָאֵלּוּ קָרְבָּן אִם אֵינָן נִקְצָצוֹת, טַלִּית זוֹ קָרְבָּן אִם אֵינָהּ נִשְׂרֶפֶת, יֵשׁ לָהֶן פִּדְיוֹן. הֲרֵי נְטִיעוֹת הָאֵלּוּ קָרְבָּן עַד שֶׁיִּקָּצְצוּ, טַלִּית זוֹ קָרְבָּן עַד שֶׁתִּשָּׂרֵף, אֵין לָהֶם פִּדְיוֹן:

"These plants are korban if they are not cut down," "This cloak is korban if it is not burned," [If he saw a storm coming, and fearing that his plants would be cut down, said "These shall be korban if they are not cut down"; or if he saw a fire in the city, and fearing that his cloak would be burned, said: "Let it be korban if it is not burned"], they may be redeemed [as other dedications. He redeems them and purchases a korban (an offering) at their worth. For since he did not say: "They are korban upon me," his intent was not to forbid them to himself as a korban, but to purchase a korban at their worth.] (If he said:) "These plants are korban until they are cut down," "This cloak is korban until it is burned," they have no redemption. [But dedication "takes" on the (redemption) money, and the plants revert to their status of dedication. For since he said: "until they are cut down," his meaning is: "When I redeem them, they shall revert to their status of dedication until they are cut down."]

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