🎓 Quiz
הלכות שבועות פרק ו · 5 Questions
Question 1
Who can release an oath?
Hatarah requires either one expert sage or three ordinary people convened — no minyan is required.
Question 2
Can a person release his own oath without appearing before a sage?
A person does not have the legal capacity to release his own oath. He must come before a sage or panel.
Question 3
He swore his oath is conditional on his friend's understanding. Can the sage release it alone?
When an oath was made dependent on another's understanding, that person's agreement is required for release.
Question 4
He takes an oath never to ask for release of his current oath. This meta-oath:
Even an oath never to seek release is itself an oath that can be brought to a sage for release.
Question 5
Relatives are acceptable to participate in releasing an oath:
The rules for releasing oaths are more lenient than for testimony — relatives may participate in the hatarah panel.