Commentary for Makkot 3:1
מתני׳ <big><strong>כיצד</strong></big> העדים נעשים זוממין מעידין אנו באיש פלוני שהוא בן גרושה או בן חלוצה אין אומרים יעשה זה בן גרושה או בן חלוצה תחתיו אלא לוקה ארבעים
MISHNA: How are witnesses [which come before a rabbinical court to testify] made zomemim [false witnesses]? Witnesses [proven false] testify that this person is a son of a divorcee or a son of a Levirite marriage. We don't say that they become like a son of a divorcee or a son of a Levirite marriage, rather they are lashed forty times.
Rashi on Makkot
MISHNA: How are witnesses made zomemim? etc.: In the Gemarah it will be explained what this is saying.
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Rashi on Makkot
Regarding this certain individual: [who is a] kohen.
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That he is he son of a divorcee: In our presence his mother got divorced before he was born, and therefore he is a Challal [Illegitimate Kohen] and disqualified [from kohen services].
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It is not said: If they were made to be plotters and they are Kohanim. Make this one [the plotters] the son of a divorcee or Halutzah: To fulfill "Like they plotted". He takes on forty lashes: in the Gemara the reason will be explained.
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