Mishnayos Nedarim Perek 5 Mishnah 4
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נדרים פרק ה׳ משנה ד׳
If someone says to another: I am hereby forbidden to you like an item dedicated to the Temple, then the one prohibited by the vow is prohibited from benefiting from the possessions of the one who took the vow. If someone says: You are hereby forbidden to me like an item dedicated to the Temple, then the one who took the vow is prohibited from benefiting from the possessions of the other. If he says: I am hereby forbidden to you and you are hereby forbidden to me like an item dedicated to the Temple, both are prohibited from benefiting from the possessions of the other. But it is permitted for both of them to benefit from the objects belonging to those who ascended from Babylonia, i.e., common property of the nation as a whole, which is not considered to be the property of any individual. But it is prohibited for them to benefit from objects of that city, which are considered to be jointly owned by all its residents.
הֲרֵינִי עָלֶיךָ חֵרֶם, הַמֻּדָּר אָסוּר. הֲרֵי אַתְּ עָלַי חֵרֶם, הַנּוֹדֵר אָסוּר. הֲרֵינִי עָלֶיךָ וְאַתְּ עָלַי, שְׁנֵיהֶם אֲסוּרִין. וּשְׁנֵיהֶם מֻתָּרִין בְּדָבָר שֶׁל עוֹלֵי בָבֶל, וַאֲסוּרִין בְּדָבָר שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ הָעִיר:
Bartenura
הריני עליך חרם. הנאתי תהיה אסורה עליך בחרם שלא תוכל ליהנות ממני:
המודר אסור. אע״פ שלא ענה אמן. שאדם יכול לאסור על חבירו שלא יהנה ממנו:
הרי את עלי חרם. שאסר על עצמו כל הנאה שתבוא לו מחברו, הנודר אסור:
בדבר של עולי בבל. כגון בור של עולי רגלים שהיו עולים מבבל לארץ ישראל לרגל, והיה אותו הבור באמצע הדרך וידן של כל ישראל שוה בו, והוי כהפקר, ולא כדבר שהוא של שותפים:
הריני עליך חרם – my benefit will be forbidden upon you like a חרם/property designated for sacred use only (or like excommunication) that you wil not be able to benefit from me.
המודר אסור – even though he did not answer “Amen.” For a person can forbid upon his fellow that he will not benefit from him.
הרי אתה עלי חרם – that he forbid upon himself all benefit that would come to him from his fellow, the person making the vow is forbidden.
בדבר של עולי בבל – as, for example, the cistern of those who ascend for the Festivals, who would come up from Babylonia to the Land of Israel for the Festival, and that cistern was found in the middle of the path and the hands of all Israel were equal upon it and it was like ownerless, and not like something that belongs to partners.