Commentary for Yoma 147:2

וכי תימא כיון דאית ליה היתר מן התורה קא חייל קרבן שבועה והתנן שבועת העדות אינה נוהגת אלא בראויין להעיד והוינן בה למעוטי מאי רב פפא אמר למעוטי מלך

And if you would say that since it is permitted by the Torah, [the law relating to the] sacrifice for an oath is operative,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shebu. 30a. The answer of Resh Lakish would endeavour to make a distinction between things forbidden by the Torah, the oath re-forbidding the same to oneself would be considered inoperative and would free the swearer, in the case of transgression, from the obligation to offer up a sacrifice - and things permitted by the Torah, to which the oath could apply, so that if one swore not to eat less than the legal minimum which, because below the legal quantity, would be permitted by the law of the Torah and forbidden only by Rabbinic decree, the oath would operate, and in the case of transgression he would have to bring a sacrifice.');">³</span> surely we learned: An 'oath of testimony'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 1f.');">⁴</span>

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