and they assessed

<<that he is not

<<able

<<to receive

<<forty —

<<he is exempt.

<<[If] they assessed him

<<to receive

<<eighteen,

<<and after he was flogged

<<they assessed

<<that is able

<<he

<<to receive

<<forty —

<<he is exempt.

GEMARA:

<<What is the reason?

<<If

<<it were written

<<‘forty

<<by number,’

<<I would

<<say:

<<forty

<<in count;

<<now

<<that it is written

<<‘by number,

<<forty,’

<<[it is] a number

<<that

<<totals

<<the forty.

<<Rava said:

<<how

<<foolish

<<are other

<<people,

<<who stand

<<before

<<a Torah scroll,

<<but do not

<<stand

<<before

<<a man

<<great [in Torah],

<<for while

<<in the Torah scroll

<<is written

<<‘forty,’

<<came

<<the Rabbis

<<and reduced

<<one.

‘Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<forty

<<complete’

<<etc.

<<Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<what is the reason

<<of Rabbi Yehuda?

<<As it is written:

<<‘what are

<<wounds

<<these

<<between

<<your hands?

<<And he said:

<<that

<<I was struck [with]

<<in the house of

<<my friends.’

<<And the Rabbis?

<<That

<<about schoolchildren

<<of

<<the house of their teacher

<<it is

<<written.

‘They do not

<<assess

<<except

<<with lashes

<<that are fit’

<<etc.

<<[If] he was flogged,

<<yes;

<<[if] not

<<flogged,

<<no.

But contrast it:

<<[if] they assessed him

<<to receive

<<forty,

<<and then again

<<assessed

<<that he is not

<<able

<<to receive

<<forty —

<<he is exempt.

<<[If] they assessed him

<<to receive

<<eighteen,

<<and then again

<<assessed him

<<that he is able

<<to receive

<<forty —

<<he is exempt.

Rav Sheshes said:

<<it is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<where they assessed him

<<for today;

<<this is

<<where they assessed him

<<for tomorrow

<<or another day.

MISHNAH:

<<[If] he committed

<<a transgression

<<that has

<<in it

<<two

<<prohibitions,

<<[and] they assessed him

<<an assessment

<<single —

<<he is flogged

<<and exempt;

<<and if

<<not,

<<he is flogged

<<and heals,

<<and then again

<<is flogged.

GEMARA:

<<But it is taught:

<<they do not

<<assess

<<an assessment

<<single

<<for two

<<prohibitions!

Rav Sheshes said:

<<it is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<where they assessed him

<<for forty

<<and one;

<<this is

<<where they assessed him

<<for forty

<<and two.

MISHNAH:

<<How

<<do they flog

<<him?

<<He binds

<<his two

<<hands

<<to

<<the post,

<<on this side

<<and on that side,

<<and the court attendant

<<grasps

<<his garments —

<<if

<<they tear,

<<they tear;

<<and if

<<they come apart,

<<they come apart —

<<until

<<he

<<exposes

<<his chest.

<<And the stone

<<is placed

<<behind him.

<<The court attendant

<<stands

<<on it

<<with a strap

<<in his hand

<<of

<<calfskin,

<<doubled

<<one

<<into two

<<and two

<<into four,

<<and two

<<straps

<<of

<<donkey hide

<<go up

<<and down

<<on it.

<<Its handle

<<is a handbreadth

<<and its width

<<a handbreadth,

<<and its end

<<reaches

<<to the opening of

<<his belly.

And he strikes

<<him

<<one third

<<in front

<<and two

<<parts

<<behind.

<<And he does not

<<strike

<<him

<<neither

<<standing

<<nor

<<sitting,

<<but

<<bent over,

<<as it is said:

<<‘and shall lay him down

<<the judge’ —

And the striker

<<strikes

<<with his hand,

<<one [hand],

<<with all

<<his strength,

<<and the reader

<<reads:

<<‘if

<<not

<<you observe

<<to do’

<<and so on;

<<‘and will make extraordinary

<<Hashem

<<your blows

<<and

<<the blows of

<<and so on’;

<<and he returns

<<to the beginning of

<<the passage:

<<‘and you shall observe

<<the words of

<<covenant

<<this’

<<and so on;

<<and he concludes:

<<‘and He is

<<merciful,

<<He atones

<<iniquity’

<<and so on,

<<and he returns

<<to the beginning of

<<the passage.

And if

<<he died

<<under

<<his hand,

<<he is exempt.

<<[If] he added

<<to him

<<another

<<strap-blow

<<single

<<and he died,

<<behold

<<this one

<<is exiled

<<on account of him.

<<[If] he soiled himself,

<<whether

<<with excrement

<<or

<<with urine,

<<he is exempt.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<the man

<<with excrement,

<<and the woman

<<with urine.