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The second paragraph of Hataras Nedarim has the person being mattired saying that "I am making a modaah that any oaths being made in the future are considered to be as if 'bli neder'".

Is this legally binding? If yes, why make a hataras nedarim every year?

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  • I suggest you change "Is this legally binding? If yes, why make a hataras nedarim every year?" to "If this is legally binding, why make a hataras nedarim every year? And if not, why make it at all?" to focus the question on the every year aspect and not the binding aspect. (This is how I understood the question anyway.)
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Sep 21, 2012 at 16:54
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    Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 4:06

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As its wording implies, the modaa applies only to vows taken when one doesn't remember having issued the modaa. Source: Shulchan Aruch, Yore Dea 211:2, q.v.

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    Why repeat it yearly though?
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 4:08
  • @DoubleAA, the question didn't ask why repeat the modaa yearly. It asked, assuming each (year n) modaa is valid, why make a hatara every year (n + 1). And I think that's pretty clear in my answer without my spelling it out.
    – msh210 ♦
    Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 4:16
  • @msh210 I don't think it's so clear. If I were trying to maximise the effectiveness of my modaa, wouldn't I never say it again so that I really do forget about it?
    – magicker72
    Commented Sep 6, 2021 at 13:45

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