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and then they assessed him again and concluded that he cannot receive 40 lashes and survive, he is exempt from the additional lashes. If the doctors initially assessed concerning him that he is able to receive only 18 lashes, and once he was flogged 18 times they assessed that he is able to receive
Talmud: The Talmud begins with a discussion of the number of lashes. What is the reason that the Rabbis said that he receives 40 lashes less one? If it had been written: 40 by number, I would say that it means 40 as a precise sum; now that it is written: “By number, 40,” the reference is to a sum
The Mishnah teaches: R' Yehuda says: He is flogged with a full 40 lashes, with the additional lash administered between his shoulders. R' Yitzḥak says: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Yehuda? It is as it is written: “And one shall say to him: What are these wounds between your arms? Then
The Mishnah teaches: One assesses the number of lashes that the one being punished is capable of withstanding only with a number of lashes fit to be divided into 3 equal groups. If doctors assessed concerning him that he is able to receive 40 lashes and survive, and he is then flogged some of those
And the Talmud raises a contradiction from a baraita: If doctors assessed concerning him that he is able to receive 40 lashes and survive, and they then assessed him again and concluded that he cannot receive 40 lashes and survive, he is exempt. If the doctors initially assessed concerning him that