Halakhah for Shevuot 54:4
א"ר יהודה בן בתירא מה אם הרשות כו': ורבנן שפיר קאמרי ליה לר' יהודה בן בתירא
GEMARA. Why does he state: I SWEAR I SHALL NOT EAT [THIS LOAF]; I SWEAR I SHALL NOT EAT IT? - This he teaches us: The reason is because he said, '[I swear] I shall not eat;' then he said, '[I swear] I shall not eat it,' therefore he is liable only once; but if he said, '[I swear] I shall not eat it;' and then he said, '[I swear] I shall not eat,' he is liable twice; as is Raba's view, for Raba said: [If he said,] I SWEAR I shall not eat this loaf,' as soon as he ate a ka-zayith of it, he is liable; [but if he said, T swear] I shall not eat it,' he is not liable until he eats it all. <br>
Sefer HaChinukh
And [it] is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females. And one who transgresses it and swears that a pillar of marble is of gold; or of gold that it is of gold; or to negate this commandment; or to do something that is not in the power of a man to do it is lashed, when volitional. And even though there is no act, the Torah made him liable for lashes due to the severity of the matter (Shevuot 27b). And he is exempted from a sacrifice for this, when inadvertent. But with a false oath - and that is what is called an oath of expression - the Torah obligated a sacrifice for inadvertence, as we shall write (Sefer HaChinukh 123) with God's help.
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