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לא קשיא: הא דאמר ״הא קרבן״, והא דאמר ״הקרבן״. מאי טעמא? חיי קרבן קאמר.
The Talmud answers: This is not difficult. This case, where the vow does not take effect, is where one said: This offering [ha korban], and that case, where the vow does take effect, is where one said: The offering [hakorban]. What is the reason that the vow does not take effect when he says this offering [ha korban]? It is because he is saying that he is taking a vow by the life of this offering, which is not a valid way to express a vow.
קתני: ״לקרבן לא אוכל לך״, רבי מאיר אוסר. והא לית ליה לרבי מאיר מכלל לאו אתה שומע הן! אמר רבי אבא: נעשה כאומר: לקרבן יהא, לפיכך לא אוכל לך.
The Mishnah teaches that if one says: That which I will not eat of yours is lakorban, which indicates la korban, it is not an offering, R' Meir prohibits him from eating food belonging to the other individual. This is because his statement indicates that what he does eat should be considered an offering. The Talmud asks: Isn’t it true that R' Meir does not hold that from a negative statement you can infer a positive statement? The Talmud answers that R' Abba said: It is as though he said: It should be for an offering [lekorban], and therefore I will not eat that which is yours.
מתני׳ האומר לחבירו ״קונם פי מדבר עמך״, ״ידי עושה עמך״, ״רגלי מהלכת עמך״ — אסור.
Mishnah: One who says to another: It is konam for me for my mouth to speak with you, or: It is konam for me for my hand to work with you, or: It is konam for me for my foot to walk with you, it is prohibited for him to speak with, work with, or walk with the other individual.