Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 12:5

מִתְנַדְּבִים יַיִן, וְאֵין מִתְנַדְּבִים שֶׁמֶן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִתְנַדְּבִים שָׁמֶן. אָמַר רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן, מַה מָּצִינוּ בַיַּיִן שֶׁבָּא חוֹבָה וּבָא נְדָבָה, אַף הַשֶּׁמֶן בָּא חוֹבָה וּבָא נְדָבָה. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, לֹא, אִם אָמַרְתָּ בַיַּיִן שֶׁכֵּן הוּא קָרֵב חוֹבָתוֹ בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, תֹּאמַר בַּשֶּׁמֶן שֶׁאֵינוֹ קָרֵב חוֹבָתוֹ בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ. אֵין שְׁנַיִם מִתְנַדְּבִים עִשָּׂרוֹן אֶחָד, אֲבָל מִתְנַדְּבִים עוֹלָה וּשְׁלָמִים. וּבָעוֹף, אֲפִלּוּ פְרִידָה אֶחָת:

One may vow wine [alone], but not oil [alone], [these are] the words of Rabbi Akiva; Rabbi Tarfon says: one may vow oil. Rabbi Tarfon said: just as we see regarding wine that it comes both as an obligation and as a free-will vow, so too oil comes as an obligation and as a free-will vow. Rabbi Akiva said to him, not so! If you say regarding wine, which is brought as an obligation on its own, can you say the same thing regarding oil which is not brought as an obligation on its own? Two people may not vow one <i>issaron</i> but they may vow an <i>olah</i> [an offering burnt entirely upon the altar] or a <i>shelamim</i> [an offering whose various parts are consumed by its owners, the Kohanim and the fire on the altar], and regarding birds - even one bird.

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