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Our daf states:
… "say that there is another distinction between konamot and other cases where one may request dissolution by a halakhic authority.
Granted, in the case of konamot, there is a mitzva to request that a halakhic authority dissolve them, due to the statement of Rabbi Natan, as Rabbi Natan said:
Anyone who vows, it is as if he built a personal altaroutside the Temple, and one who fulfills that vow, it is as though he burns an offering upon it.
However, in the case of teruma, what mitzva is there to request that a halakhic authority dissolve its designation? Therefore, items forbidden by konamot are considered items that can become permitted, and teruma is not.
We explore the nature and history of Bamot in the biblical period as a basis for its use as a metaphor for breaking the oral law…