Vayikra 5:1 · unit 20 · Shevuos 33b

Complete Passuk

וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תֶחֱטָא וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה וְהוּא עֵד אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע אִם־לוֹא יַגִּיד וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shevuos 33b.

Sefaria — Shevuos 33b
E-Daf · Shevuos 33b

Core Text — Shevuos 33b

רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: ״וְהָיָה כִּי יֶאְשַׁם לְאַחַת מֵאֵלֶּה״ – יֵשׁ מֵאֵלֶּה שֶׁהוּא חַיָּיב, וְיֵשׁ מֵאֵלֶּה שֶׁהוּא פָּטוּר. הָא כֵּיצַד? תְּבָעוֹ מָמוֹן – חַיָּיב, דָּבָר אַחֵר – פָּטוּר.

Rabbi Akiva says: “and it shall be when he is guilty in one of these” — of these there is that for which he is liable and that for which he is exempt. How so? If he claimed money — liable; something else — exempt.

Rabbi Akiva limits the korban liability of the chapter to cases in which the underlying claim is monetary. Non-monetary matters, even if an oath was administered, do not generate the shevu’as ha-eidus korban.

What Is Learned: Shevu’as ha-eidus under Vayikra 5 is restricted to monetary claims. Where the underlying matter is not monetary, the witnesses are exempt from the korban structure even if an oath was administered.