Menachot 103: Unusual Meal-Offerings

The Mishna in today's daf considers what should be done when people consciously bring meal offerings in an unusual manner.

We learn that the Tanna Kamma states that the owner's statement should be amended to reflect a proper meal offering.  Regardless of what the person actually says, the offering should be as expected.  Rabbi Shimon suggests that these offerings are not brought at all because the owners stated something erroneous.  

The Gemara tells us that the Tanna Kamma of today's Mishna was following Beit Shammai.  They had taught that we listen to a speaker's first statement.  Thus one must bring a meal offering if s/he stated that s/he would bring that offering, even if subsequent statements made that impossible.  Rabbi Yochanan teaches that the Tanna Kamma would state that one who offers to bring an unusual offering would not do so and would be released from that obligation.  Only if the owner explained that the statement was unintentional would s/he be obligated to bring an offering.