Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 49:7

שאישן ושלא אישן שישנתי ושלא ישנתי שאזרוק צרור לים ושלא אזרוק שזרקתי ושלא זרקתי

I SHALL THROW A PEBBLE IN THE SEA,' OR, I shall not THROW. It was stated: [If a man says,] T swear that So-and-so threw a pebble in the sea,' or, 'that he did not throw,' Rab said, he is liable; and Samuel said, he is exempt. Rab said, he is liable, because it is applicable in both negative and positive [forms]; and Samuel said, he is exempt, because it is not applicable in the future. Shall we say that they disagree on the same principle on which R. Ishmael and R. Akiba disagree? For we learnt: R. ISHMAEL SAYS, HE IS LIABLE ONLY FOR [AN OATH IN] THE FUTURE, FOR IT IS SAID: TO DO EVIL OR TO DO GOOD. R. AKIBA SAID TO HIM: IF SO, WE KNOW ONLY SUCH CASES WHERE DOING EVIL AND DOING GOOD ARE APPLICABLE; BUT HOW DO WE KNOW SUCH CASES WHERE DOING EVIL AND DOING GOOD ARE NOT APPLICABLE? HE REPLIED TO HIM: FROM THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE VERSE. WHEREUPON HE SAID TO HIM: IF THE VERSE AMPLIFIED FOR THAT, IT

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