Talmud for Nedarim 11:3

קוֹנָם שֶׁאֵינִי נֶהֱנָה לַבְּרִיּוֹת, אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהָפֵר, וִיכוֹלָה הִיא לֵהָנוֹת בְּלֶקֶט וּבְשִׁכְחָה וּבְפֵאָה. קוֹנָם כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם נֶהֱנִים לִי, יִטְּלוּ עַל כָּרְחוֹ. כֹּהֲנִים אֵלּוּ וּלְוִיִּם אֵלּוּ נֶהֱנִים לִי, יִטְּלוּ אֲחֵרִים:

(If she said;) "konam, that I shall not benefit from people" he cannot annul it, [this not being a vow of affliction, for she can be fed by her husband, her husband not being included in "people." And this Mishnah, too, is according to R. Yossi and is not the halachah, as explained above. And not only if she says: "Konam, that I shall not benefit from people, where she forbids herself benefit from all people, can he annul it by reason of "vows of affliction" according to the sages; but even if she says: "Konam, that I shall not benefit from that man," where she forbids herself benefit only from that man alone, the husband may annul her vow by reason of "things between himself and her," it involving exertion for him if she does not benefit from that man, and the Torah having stated (Numbers 30:17): "between a man and his wife" — Everything "between a man and his wife" the husband can annul.] And she can benefit from leket, shikchah, and peah. [This is the intent: Another reason that if she says: "Konam that I shall not benefit from people," the husband cannot annul it is that she can benefit from leket, shikchah, and peah, in which instance she does not benefit from people, these being gifts for the poor, and there is no affliction here.] (If one says: "Konam,) Cohanim and Levites benefitting from me," they may take against his will. [For just as if she said: "Konam, that I shall not benefit from people," she is permitted to take the poor-gifts, here, too. If one bevows Cohanim and Levites from his possessions, they are permitted to take the gifts of the Cohanim and the Levites.] (If he said: "Konam) these Cohanim and these Levites benefitting from me," others may take it.

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