What is the ruling regarding someone who regretted and repented for frequently swearing and breaking oaths, having previously thought that a single expiation would suffice for multiple oaths, and she does not work, but her parents are well-off? Should she feed [the poor] or fast for expiation, and is it permissible for her to divide the fasting of accumulated expiations over years?

The oath that necessitates expiation upon breaking it is the binding oath, which is an oath taken concerning doing something or refraining from it in the future. Whoever takes oaths and forgets their number, and is unable to ascertain them, should offer expiation for what is most likely to clear their conscience. Expiation multiplies with the multiplicity of oaths. Fasting is not sufficient for the expiation of an oath except when one is unable to feed ten needy persons, clothe them, or free a slave. If you do not possess the value for feeding or clothing, then you should expiate by fasting. Your parents are not obligated to give you the value for feeding. The fasting for the expiation of an oath is three days. So, if you owe expiation for twenty oaths, you must fast sixty days.