Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 3:9

הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַיִּלּוֹדִים, מֻתָּר בַּנּוֹלָדִים. מִן הַנּוֹלָדִים, אָסוּר בַּיִּלּוֹדִים. רַבִּי מֵאִיר מַתִּיר אַף בַּיִּלּוֹדִים. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, לֹא נִתְכַּוֵּן זֶה אֶלָּא בְמִי שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לְהוֹלִיד:

If one bevows himself from yilodim [connoting those who have already been born], he is permitted to noladim [connoting those who will be born.] If he bevows himself from noladim, he is forbidden (also) to yilodim. R. Meir also permits yilodim. [The gemara explains that something is missing, and that this is what is meant: If he bevows himself from noladim, he is forbidden to yilodim. R. Meir says: Also one who bevows himself from noladim is permitted to yilodim, just as one who bevows himself from yilodim is permitted to noladim.] And the sages say: This one (who made the vow) intended only those who procreate, [such as men and animals, to exclude birds and fishes, which do not procreate, but which lay eggs.]

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