Yerushalmi Chagigah 1:5 ירושלמי חגיגה א׳:ה׳

MISHNAH: He who has many eaters and a small budget brings many well-being offerings and few elevation offerings. Few eaters and a large budget, he brings many elevation offerings and few well-being offerings¹³⁴The meat of a well-being offering has to be consumed by the end of the following day. One has to avoid letting sacral meat become disqualified.. Both few, for this one it was said “one obolus, two silver coins.” Both ample, for this one it was said¹³⁵Deut. 16:17., each man according to his means, corresponding to the blessing by the Eternal, your God, which He gave you.

HALAKHAH: If he is poor but generous, I am reading for him, each man according to his means, rich but stingy, I am reading for him, corresponding to the blessing by the Eternal, your God, which He gave you. If he is poor and stingy, on this one it was said, not less than two silver coins¹³⁶In this interpretation, the Mishnah is read to explain moral, not prescribed, behavior. However it also is possible to read the text differently: “If he is poor with a large family, I am reading for him, each man according to his means, rich but with a small family, I am reading for him, corresponding to the blessing by the Eternal, your God, which He gave you. If he is poor with a small family, on this one it was said, no less than two silver coins.” In this version the Mishnah is prescriptive. The poor person has to provide meat for his entire family but it may be done as cheaply as possible, subject to the lower limit of 2 oboloi. The rich man who has no use for many well-being offerings has to bring many elevation offerings..

“Each man”, to exclude the minor¹³⁷Even though the minor is obligated to appear in the Temple, Deut. 16:17 does not apply to him.. Rebbi Jeremiah asked, if he said, it is on me to bring a festival offering worth five tetradrachmas, but he brought for two; did he fulfill his obligation or is he already fixed¹³⁸The festival offering is an obligation whose minimal value is set at ⅓ of a denar, 1/12 of a tetradrachma. If he made a vow for a voluntary offering, it would be clear that the vow is fulfilled only if all its terms are fulfilled. The question is whether the private stipulation overrides the general rule. Rebbi Yose said to him, why not? If somebody said, it is on me to bring a reparation sacrifice for five tetradrachmas¹³⁹Nobody can make a vow for a reparation offering if he is not obligated to bring one. By biblical decree the value of the offering is 2 tetradrachmas (Lev. 5:15). Nevertheless, if he vows to increase the value, his sacrifice is accepted by the Temple only if he spends at least 5 tetradrachmas. This shows that even for obligatory sacrifices a prior vow raises the biblical or rabbinic minimum to the level of the vow., is he not fixed? And here he is fixed.