
Malkot - Lashes
LinksProcedure for Flogging
Number of judges for a case of flogging: Sanhedrin 2a
How many lashes are in a full set of lashes: Makkot 22a, 22b
Giving the lashes in sets of three: Makkot 22a, 22b, 23a; Keritot 11a
What happens if the court deems a person unable to endure a full set of lashes: Makkot 22a
What happens if the court's assessment of how much a person can handle changes before the lashes begin: Makkot 22b
What happens if the court's assessment of how much a person can handle changes after the lashes begin: Makkot 22a-b
How the court assesses a person's capacity, if he is due for two sets of lashes: Makkot 22b
What sort of person we choose to be the whipper: Makkot 23a
Posture of the whipper and the whippee: Makkot 22b, 23a
Tearing the clothes of the person who is to be whipped: Makkot 22b
The make-up of the whip: Makkot 22b, 23a [2x]
Using one hand or two on the whip: Makkot 23a
Customizing the whip for the recipient: Makkot 23a
Having a special judge to count the number of lashes: Makkot 23a; Keritot 11a
Verses which are read aloud during the whipping: Makkot 22b, 23a; Keritot 11a
What-Ifs
Does Yom Kippur atone for a sin warranting lashes, if the sin is before Yom Kippur but it is only discovered afterward: Keritot 26a
What happens if the person being lashed is accidentally killed in the process: Makkot 8a, 8b, 22b
What happens if the person being lashed defecates during the whipping: Makkot 22b, 23a
What happens if the person being lashed defecates between sets of lashes: Makkot 23a
What happens if the judges determine that this person would defecate on receiving a single lash: Makkot 23a
What happens if the potential lashee defecates after they assess him, indicating that now he would not be likely to defecate during lashes: Makkot 23a
What happens if the person being lashed flees the courtroom: Makkot 23a
What happens if the whip breaks: Makkot 23a
What happens if the lasher adds an extra stroke, and that kills the person being whipped: Makkot 22b
PurposeTypes of prohibitions which are punished with lashes
A Prohibition which is not similar to the prohibition against muzzling an animal while it threshes, doesn't receive Whipping: Pesachim 41b (2x)
List of which practices are punishable with lashes: Makkot 13a
How much one must consume, of a prohibited item, to warrant lashes: Makkot 13a
Eating an entire entity, even if it is smaller than the standard amount for liability: Makkot 13a
How to treat a person who is liable for both the death penalty and lashes: Makkot 13b
A single act which can warrant as many as eight sets of lashes: Makkot 21b-22a
Specific Acts which might be punished with Lashes