Timeline for Why did Yiftach have to fulfill his oath?
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| Feb 28, 2017 at 23:13 | vote | accept | DonielF | ||
| Aug 21, 2016 at 20:19 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @DonielF she wound up only getting a delay in hopes that he could be convinced. He was so stubborn in his ignorance that once the delay was over he forced the action on her. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 20:17 | history | edited | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 21, 2016 at 20:14 | comment | added | DonielF | Aderabbah, your sources seem to imply the opposite, that his daughter tried to refuse him but ultimately gave in. Why? | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @DonielF I answered that even if he did not need to have it annulled, his ignorance was such that he felt that he had to go through with it. According to those who say he treated her like a nun, (l'havdil) his daughter could not bring herself to refuse him. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 19:19 | comment | added | DonielF | Again, this doesn't exactly answer the question. I didn't ask why he refused to have it annulled; I asked why he went through with it, and why his daughter went through with it. Why didn't she take the pesukim from Vayikra and Vayeitzei and pose them to Beis Din as she did to her father? I asked why he needed it annulled in the first place, and you answer me with a shpiel about how he couldn't have it annulled. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 19:12 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @DonielF I rewrote the answer to emphasize that it was arrogance that caused him to refuse to get the correct psak. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 19:11 | history | edited | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 21, 2016 at 18:47 | comment | added | DonielF | This doesn't address the question whatsoever. The question wasn't why he refused to get it annulled, but rather why he actually went through with it, however you interpret the text, since the oath was invalid. His daughter, who clearly knew more than he did according to the pieces in the Tanchuma you quoted, should have refused, whether you hold she was actually killed or not. | |
| Aug 21, 2016 at 18:40 | history | answered | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |