Hatarat Nedarim: Difference between revisions

# Hatarat Nedarim may be done at night and with relatives.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 228:3 writes that Hatarat Nedarim may be done at night and with relatives. </ref> Some say that although Hatarat Nedarim may be performed if one of the judges is a relative of the petitioner, it may not be performed if two of the judges of the Bet Din are related to one another.<ref> [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/782120/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyonei_Yom_Hakippurim Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a shiur on Inyonei Yom Kippur (min 40-2)] quotes Rav Aharon Soloveitchik as having ruled that while a relative could perform Hatarat Nedarim in front of a Bet Din with his relative as one of the judges, one may not perform Hatarat Nedarim in front of a Bet Din which has two judges who are related to one another. A support for this ruling is Rabbi Akiva Eiger (comments on Shulchan Aruch YD 228:1) who writes that while relatives can serve as a Bet Din for Hatarat Nedarim, a woman can't serve on such a Bet Din.