Name: aqob Menashe 2013-08-06 18:39
Making an Oath Not to Keep a Commandment
Tuesday, August 6, 2013/Ab 30, 5773
If one makes an oath (Shebu'ah), not to keep a commandment specified in the Torah, such as Sissith (ציצית), Tefillin (תפלין), or Massah (מצה), it is considered a Torah transgression, because it was an oath that was made in vain. As such, one is still obligated to perform the commandment.
This applies in a case where the oath was made only about the specific commandment, such as an oath not to eat Massah (מצה), on the night of Pesah. If however, included in the oath were matters that one was permitted to take an oath over, such as taking an oath not to eat Massah at all, then it applies also to Pesah. The reason is that since the oath is valid, insofar as eating Massah the rest of the year is concerned, it is also valid on Pesah.
(See Sh. 'A. Yoreh De'ah, 136:5. Taz ibid, 11. Ben Ish Hai)
Tuesday, August 6, 2013/Ab 30, 5773
If one makes an oath (Shebu'ah), not to keep a commandment specified in the Torah, such as Sissith (ציצית), Tefillin (תפלין), or Massah (מצה), it is considered a Torah transgression, because it was an oath that was made in vain. As such, one is still obligated to perform the commandment.
This applies in a case where the oath was made only about the specific commandment, such as an oath not to eat Massah (מצה), on the night of Pesah. If however, included in the oath were matters that one was permitted to take an oath over, such as taking an oath not to eat Massah at all, then it applies also to Pesah. The reason is that since the oath is valid, insofar as eating Massah the rest of the year is concerned, it is also valid on Pesah.
(See Sh. 'A. Yoreh De'ah, 136:5. Taz ibid, 11. Ben Ish Hai)