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I ask, what is the halakha? Does the man who vowed to bring 11 log intend to bring an amount of wine corresponding to that which is brought in association with an offering of two bulls, i.e., 12 log, and until he accumulates that amount, the libation is not brought? Or perhaps he intends to bring a
Mishnah: One may pledge to bring independent libations of wine, but one may not pledge oil alone; this is the statement of R' Akiva. R' Tarfon says: One may pledge oil as well.
R' Tarfon said: Just as we found that wine comes as an obligation and comes as a gift offering independent of any offering, so too, we find that oil comes as an obligation and comes as a gift offering. R' Akiva said to him: No, if you said that this is true with regard to wine, as it is sacrificed
The Mishnah concludes with a ruling concerning a voluntary meal offering: Two people do not pledge a meal offering of a tenth of an ephah as partners, but they may pledge a burnt offering and a peace offering. And they may pledge to bring even an individual bird, not only a pair.
Talmud: With regard to the dispute between R' Tarfon and R' Akiva about whether one can pledge oil, Rava said: From the statements of both of them, we learn that a person may pledge a meal offering like those brought with the libations that accompany animal offerings every day.