Commentary for Shevuot 6:10

הי סתמא אילימא האי סתמא דתנן אבל המותיר בטהור והשובר בטמא אינו לוקה את הארבעים

and yet we find it stated: 'I swear I shall eat this loa today,' and the day passed, and he did not eat it; R'Johanan and Resh Lakish both say he does not receive lashes, R'Johanan's reason for his opinion being because it is a negative precept not involving action, and the transgression of a negative precept involving no action is not liable to lashes; and Resh Lakish's reason being because it is an 'uncertain warning',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a transgressor is not warned immediately before committing the sin, the punishment is not inflicted. In this case the actual moment of transgression is uncertain, for he has the whole day in which to fulfil his oath.');">⁷</span>

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