Hafarat Nedarim

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Overview

The Torah gives license to a man to revoke the Nedarim of his young daughter and those of his wife. This action is known as "Hafarah." A father can only revoke his daughter's Nedarim while she is a Ketana (below the age of twelve) or Na'arah (between twelve and twelve and a half).[1]

During Erusin

After Nissuin

Types of Nedarim

  1. Even if it was a Nedar Al Da'at Rabbim, the father and husband can still revoke it.[2]

Sources

  1. Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 234:1
  2. Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 228:24 and Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 234:1