Parshas Matos

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem, Zekaini Moiri Rav Baruch Moshe Aryeh ben Harav Zev Yehuda, my cousin Zev Yehuda ben Rav Shmuel Mordecahi, Avraham ben R' Yitzchok Zev, R' Dovid Meir ben R' Shmuel.....

" Ish ki yidor neder la'Hashem oh hishava shvua le'sor isar al nafsho lo yacheil d'varo ki'chal hayotzei mipiv yaase". "If a man takes a vow to Hashem or swears an oath to prohibit an isar upon himself, he shall not profane his word; according to whatever comes out of his mouth he shall do" (perek lamud, posuk gimmel)

 Chazal say "hu eino michal, aval. Acheirim mochlin d'varav" "he can't obsolve it, but others can namely the chachamim..
 Rav Yaakov Aryeh Neiman ztl explains the koach of the chachamim that we see from here. Not only can they obsolve a neder by monetary cases, they can even by cases of isar. They can make muttar something that obe assurs on themselves.

 The Kli Yakar explains that the reason that the Chachamim or a Beis Din can be matir the neder is, that just as a husband or father can be matir a neder because whatever the woman does is bi'rshus them and she must have their consent, so too one is bi'rshus the Chachamim and Beis din.

 Rav Neiman explains that the Torah wants each and every person to have that connection with the Chachamim and to have emuna in them, and understand that if they don't agree with what they did they can be mivatel it. A person can not and should not live life solely based on his own knowledge. One needs the guidance of the Chachamim and the Gedolim in every aspect and every situation in their life, and that is what this posuk is teaching us. We have that connection to them and should utilize it and take advantage of it as much as we can...
 Good Shabbos