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אילימא כדקתני — למה לי למימרא? אלא לאו, דאמר ״שנה״. אלמא ״שנה״ כ״השנה״ דמי, ו״יום״ נמי כ״היום״ דיניה.
If we say that it is exactly as it teaches, why do I need to state this halakha? It is obvious that a year means that entire year, even if it is a leap year. Rather, is it not referring to a case where he did not say that the vow applies this year, but rather, he said that it applies for a year, and the Mishnah teaches that the vow applies for the remainder of that year? Apparently, saying that a vow applies for a year is comparable to saying it applies this year; and similarly, the halakha in a case where one accepts a vow for a day should also be like the halakha in a case where one accepts a vow for today.
לא, לעולם דאמר ״השנה״, ומהו דתימא: הלך אחר רוב השנים, ולא אית בהו עיבור, קא משמע לן.
The Talmud refutes this argument: No, actually, the case in the Mishnah is that he said his vow should apply this year, and it was necessary to state this halakha lest you say: Follow the majority of years, which do not have an intercalated month, and his vow should be understood as referring to a 12 month period. The tanna therefore teaches us that the phrase this year means that the vow should last until the end of the year.
איבעיא להו: אמר ״יין שאני טועם יובל״ מאי? שנת חמשים כלפני חמשים, או כלאחר חמשים?
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If one said: Any wine that I taste for a Jubilee is hereby forbidden to me, what is the halakha? Is the 50th year considered as before 50, i.e., is it included in the vow, or is it considered as after 50, in which case it is not included in the vow?