Sanhedrin 63B

לומר שאין לוקין עליו, דברי רבי יהודה.

to say that one is not flogged for transgressing the prohibition, as any prohibition that can be rectified by the performance of a positive mitzva does not carry a punishment of lashes. This is the statement of R' Yehuda.

רבי יעקב אומר: לא מן השם הוא זה, אלא משום דהוה ליה לאו שאין בו מעשה, וכל לאו שאין בו מעשה אין לוקין עליו.

R' Ya’akov says: This is not for that reason. Rather, it is because it is a prohibition that does not involve an action. The transgression is simply the failure to consume all the meat during the allotted time rather than the performance of an action. And one is not flogged for the violation of any prohibition that does not involve an action.

מכלל דרבי יהודה סבר: לוקין עליו.

The Talmud concludes: By inference, R' Yehuda holds that in general, one is flogged for the violation of a prohibition that does not involve an action. It can therefore be inferred that one who vows or takes an oath in the name of an idol is liable to be flogged according to R' Yehuda’s opinion, even though no action is involved.

הנודר בשמו והמקיים בשמו, הרי זה בלא תעשה. הנודר בשמו והמקיים בשמו, מנלן?

§ The Mishnah teaches with regard to one who vows in the name of an idol and one who affirms his statement by an oath in its name, that this person is in transgression of a prohibition. The Talmud asks: From where do we derive that one who vows in the name of an idol and one who affirms his statement by an oath in its name transgresses a prohibition?

דתניא: ״ושם אלהים אחרים לא תזכירו״⁠ – שלא יאמר אדם לחבירו ״שמור לי בצד עבודה זרה פלונית״. ״לא ישמע על פיך״⁠ – שלא ידור בשמו ולא יקיים בשמו, ולא יגרום לאחרים שידרו בשמו ושיקיימו בשמו.

The Talmud answers: As it is taught in a baraita that the meaning of the verse: “And make no mention of the name of the other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth” (Exodus 23:13), is that a person may not say to another: Wait for me next to such and such an object of idol worship. The meaning of the statement “neither let it be heard out of your mouth” is that one may not vow in the name of an idol, nor affirm his statement by an oath in its name, nor cause others, i.e., non-Jews, to vow in its name or affirm their statements by an oath in its name.