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הַמֻּדָּר הֲנָאָה מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וְאֵין לוֹ מַה יֹּאכַל — נוֹתְנוֹ לְאַחֵר לְשׁוּם מַתָּנָה, וְהַלָּה מֻתָּר בָּהּ.
מַעֲשֶׂה בְאֶחָד בְּבֵית חוֹרוֹן שֶׁהָיָה אָבִיו מֻדָּר הֵימֶנּוּ הֲנָאָה, וְהָיָה מַשִּׂיא אֶת בְּנוֹ. וְאָמַר לַחֲבֵרוֹ: ,,חָצֵר וּסְעוּדָה נְתוּנִים לְךָ בְמַתָּנָה, וְאֵינָן לְפָנֶיךָ אֶלָּא כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבוֹא אַבָּא וְיֹאכַל עִמָּנוּ בַּסְּעוּדָה”. אָמַר לוֹ: ,,אִם שֶׁלִּי הֵם — הֲרֵי הֵם מֻקְדָּשִׁין לַשָּׁמָיִם”! אָמַר לוֹ: לֹא נָתַתִּי [לְךָ] אֶת שֶׁלִּי שֶׁתַּקְדִּישֵׁם לַשָּׁמָיִם”. אָמַר לוֹ: ,,לֹא נָתַתָּ לִּי אֶת שֶׁלְּךָ אֶלָּא שֶׁתְּהֵא אַתָּה וְאָבִיךָ אוֹכְלִים וְשׁוֹתִים וּמִתְרַצִּים זֶה לָזֶה, וִיהֵא עָוֹן תָּלוּי בְּרֹאשׁוֹ”. וּכְשֶׁבָּא דָבָר לִפְנֵי חֲכָמִים, אָמְרוּ: כָּל מַתָּנָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ, שֶׁאִם הִקְדִּישָׁהּ אֵינָהּ מֻקְדֶּשֶׁת — אֵינָהּ מַתָּנָה.
[If] someone is prohibited by a neder to benefit from another, and he has nothing to eat, [the other person] may give it to someone else as a gift, and he is permitted it. It happened that a person in Beis Choron, whose father was prohibited by a neder to benefit from him, was marrying off his son. He said to another: “[The] courtyard and banquet are given to you as a gift, but are yours only so that Father can come and eat with us at the banquet.” He replied: “If they are mine, then they are dedicated to Heaven.” He said: “I did not give [you] what was mine in order for you to dedicate it to Heaven.” He replied: “You gave me yours only so that you and your father could eat and drink and appease each other, and the sin should be on my head.” When the matter came before the Sages, they said: Any gift which is not [sincere] —- which, if sanctified, is not sacred —- is not a gift.
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