Commentary for Bava Metzia 181:1
לא שאדם רשאי להמיר אלא שאם המיר מומר וסופג את הארבעים א"ל הא מני ר' יהודה היא דאמר לאו שאין בו מעשה לוקין עליו
Not that one is permitted to make an exchange, but that if he did the exchange is valid, and he receives forty [lashes]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tem. 2a. This refers to Lev. XXVII, 33; neither shall he change it (sc. the consecrated animal): and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy. The first clause of the passage states that all have power to exchange, and then it goes on to say that that does not mean that one may exchange, but merely that his action is valid, the substitute too becoming holy, and that his action is punished by flagellation. Now, this offence consists only of speech, and hence this Mishnah refutes Resh Lakish's view that speech is an unsubstantial action. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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