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According to Harav Musafi Shelit"a (Q&A 74259) (and I'm sure earlier sources), if you do a "Hanhaga Tova - good deed" three times you need Hatarat Nedarim. I believe Harav Ovadia Shelit"a in his book Yechave Daas holds that this only applies for Hanhagot mentioned in the Shulhan Aruch. Can anyone provide the source in Yechave Daat where he says this?

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    Question Verification: 3x a good deed is a neder. You want to know where in black and white Rav Ovadia limits this to certain things? – YDK Feb 08 '12 at 03:16
  • @R'YDK precisely. – Hacham Gabriel Feb 08 '12 at 03:56
  • I hope I edited your question correctly. – YDK Feb 08 '12 at 04:03
  • @YDK Thank you. I pretty sure he writes this just I'm not exactly sure where. – Hacham Gabriel Feb 08 '12 at 04:09
  • @HachamGabriel I have edited the question title to (in my mind) better reflect the question asked. If you disagree, please change it back. – Double AA Feb 08 '12 at 05:05
  • @R'DoubleAA Ashrecha for the final touches. – Hacham Gabriel Feb 08 '12 at 05:07
  • HachamGabriel You should know that when the computer decides who to ping in a comment, it looks at the first few characters after the @ sign. So it might be more effective to write R' @DoubleAA (although I don't see why I deserve that title). – Double AA Feb 08 '12 at 05:30
  • @DoubleAA related – msh210 Feb 08 '12 at 08:25
  • HachamGabriel I thought from your title that you were looking for a source for the main idea that doing something 3 times creates a Neder. I also see there's a deleted answer from someone who thought so, too. Please forgive me if I got it wrong, but I thought the title could use further clarification (beyond the change that @DoubleAA already made). – Seth J Feb 08 '12 at 19:42
  • I'm curious why someone would think that all things if done 3 times become a neder. IF I serve pizza 3 times does that mean that I now always have to serve pizza? – avi Feb 08 '12 at 19:47
  • @Vram good point... – Hacham Gabriel Feb 09 '12 at 01:40
  • A Bar-Ilan search of Yechave Da'at of the words התרת נדרים שלשה throughout turned up with nothing of the sort. Check 2:70 for a similar idea though (nothing about the number 3). – Baal Shemot Tovot Apr 03 '12 at 23:24
  • related? http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/16967/upper-limits-of-kovea-itim/16969#16969 – Menachem Jun 11 '12 at 22:53

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In Yechave Da'at 2,70 R' Ovadia discusses women's obligation to keep their minhag of keeping Mitzvot Asseh Shehazman Graman. He generally holds that since they are not obligated - the fact that they kept something 3 times does not make it a neder. The is also a similar and longer response on Yabia Omer 2 Orach Chayim 30.

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