How do they scourge him? His two hands are tied to a post on either side of it. The superintendent of the Synagogue lays hold of his garments, if they are torn they are torn: if they are ripped open, they are ripped open until he exposes the offender`s chest. A stone is placed behind the offender on which the superintendent of the Synagogue stands over him, [holding] in his hand a strap of calf-hide, made of one thong, one folded into two, and [the] two into four, and [other] two thongs running [as it were] up and down |
מכות 3.12 |
The haft is a handbreadth [in length] and the [thong`s] width a handbreadth: its tip reaching to the edge of the abdomen. He administers one-third [of the lashes] in front and two-thirds behind. He lashes him not in a standing or sitting posture but stooping, as it is said, and the judge shall cause him to fall [stoop] down and have him beaten. He who administers the lashes smites with his one hand and with his whole force |
מכות 3.13 |
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