Talmud for Nedarim 10:10

But only if it is intermittent²⁹This refers to the last part of the Mishnah, about the bill of divorce to be written for a paralyzed man. As explained here, one asks questions in which the one which counts is alternating with other questions for which the answer must be “no” (or shaking of the head).. Shall we write a bill of divorce for your wife? And he says, yes. For your mother, and he says, no. For your wife? And he says, yes. For your daughter, and he says, no. For your wife? And he says, yes. For your sister, and he says, no³⁰A paraphrase, not a parallel text, is quoted in Tosaphot 70b, s.v. בודקין.. Is it the same for testimony? Rebbi Abbahu came in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: It is the same for testimony, since a person may testify while sitting³¹Deut. 19:17 requires only that the parties to a suit stand before the judges, not the witnesses. Therefore there is no biblical impediment to ascertaining testimony from a paralyzed person.. The same holds for vows. Rav Sheshet stated: Just as one checks three times for bills of divorce, so one checks for inheritance, commercial transactions, and gifts³²A similar text in the Babli, 71a, and Tosephta, 5:1. In both of these texts, testimony is explicitly included..