משנה: קוֹנָם שֶׁאֵינִי נוֹשֵׂא אֶת פְּלוֹנִית כְּעוּרָה וַהֲרֵי הִיא נָאָה שְׁחוֹרָה וַהֲרֵי הִיא לְבָנָה קְצָרָה וַהֲרֵי הִיא אֲרוּכָּה מוּתָּר לֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא כְעוּרָה וְנַעֲשֵׂית נָאָה שְׁחוֹרָה וְנַעֲשֵׂית לְבָנָה קְצָרָה וְנַעֲשֵׂית אֲרוּכָּה אֶלָּא שֶׁהַנֵּדֶר טָעוּת. מַעֲשֶׂה בְאֶחָד שֶׁנָּדַר מִבַּת אֲחוֹתוֹ הֲנָיָיה וְהִכְנִיסוּהָ לְבֵית רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְיִפּוּהָ. אָמַר לוֹ רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנִי לָזוֹ נָדַרְתַּ. אָמַר לוֹ לָאו וְהִתִּירוֹ רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה בָּכָה רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל וְאָמַר בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל יָפוֹת הֵן אֶלָּא שֶׁהָעֲנִיּוּת מְנַוְולָתָן.
MISHNAH: ‘A qônām that I shall not marry the ugly Miss X, and she is beautiful, black and she is white, short and she is tall, he is permitted. Not because she was ugly and became beautiful, black and she became white, short and she became tall, but because the vow was erroneous. It happened that one made a vow renouncing benefit from his sister’s daughter. They brought her to Rebbi Ismael’s house and gave her a beauty treatment. Rebbi Ismael asked him, did you make your vow about this one? He said no, and Rebbi Ismael dissolved it. At that moment, Rebbi Ismael cried and said, the daughters of Israel are beautiful, but poverty disfigures them.