{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "102",
  "title": "Oath",
  "hebrewTitle": "שְׁבוּעָה",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/102",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/102/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "עִיר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ שְׁבוּעוֹת תֶּחֱרַב וְתֵהָרֵס חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.",
      "en": "1. A city in which there are oaths will be ruined and destroyed, G-d forbid."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁקֶר נוֹפְלִים מֵאֱמוּנָה.",
      "en": "2. Through false oaths, [people] fall from faith."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "לִמּוּד מַסֶּכֶת שְׁבוּעוֹת מְסֻגָּל לִירִידַת הַגֶּשֶׁם.",
      "en": "3. Learning the [Talmud] tractate Shavuot [Oaths] is conducive to (bring) rainfall."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבוּעַת שֶׁקֶר בָּאִין הִרְהוּרֵי נִאוּף.",
      "en": "4. Through a false oath comes thoughts of lewdness."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוּא רָגִיל בִּשְׁבוּעוֹת, מַחֲשָׁבוֹת רָעוֹת בָּאִים לוֹ תָּמִיד.",
      "en": "5. Someone who is accustomed to (making) oaths, evil thoughts come to him constantly."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַעֲבָרַת הַשְּׁבוּעָה אֵין תְּקוּמָה בְּמִלְחָמָה.",
      "en": "6. Through transgressing an oath, there is no stance in war."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְכַבֵּד יִרְאֵי הַשֵּׁם.",
      "en": "7. Someone who transgresses an oath, it is certain that he does not honor the G-d fearing."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "עַל כָּל עֲבֵרוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה נִפְרָעִין מִמֶּנּוּ; וְכָאן – מִמֶּנּוּ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וּמִכָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ, וּמִמֶּנּוּ נִפְרָעִין לְאַלְתַּר.",
      "en": "8. For all the sins in the Torah, they take retribution from him; and here [regarding oath transgressions]; from him, and from his family, and from the whole world, and from him they take retribution immediately."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "דְבָרִים – שֶׁאֵין אֵשׁ וּמַיִם מְכַלִּין אוֹתָם, שְׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁקֶר מְכַלִּין אוֹתָן.",
      "en": "9. Things which (even) fire and water do not annihilate, false oaths annihilate them."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "מַלְאָךְ גַּבְרִיאֵל הוּא מְמֻנֶּה עַל הַשְּׂרֵפָה לִשְׂרֹף, גַּם לְהַצִּיל.",
      "en": "10. The angel Gavriel is appointed over fire, to burn and also to save."
    }
  ]
}