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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
62 - SWEARING A SHEBUAT SHAV
Exodus 20:7 -- “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”
The Mishnah says: “What is a shebuat shav? Swearing that which is contrary to the facts known to man.”*
* Sheb. 29a (Sonc. ed. p. 157)
Maimonides says: “Violations affecting a vain oath and a false oath, though not involving the penalty of extinction, are classed among the ‘Graver Transgressions’ of the Law.”* No complete atonement is possible in these cases.**
* Mishneh Torah, Mada, Hilchoth Teshubah I, 7
** ibid., Hafla’ah, Hilchoth Shebuoth XII, 1
** ibid., Hafla’ah, Hilchoth Shebuoth XII, 1