Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 32:10

בעי רבא צריך שהייה למלקות או אין צריך שהייה למלקות לקרבן גמירי שהייה למלקות לא גמירי שהייה

What is considered prostration in which there is tarrying, and what is considered prostration in which there is no tarrying? - Where there is no tarrying, that is mere kneeling; where there is tarrying, that is the spreading out of hands and feet. And what is the duration of tarrying? In this there is disagreement between R'Isaac B'Nahmani and one of his associates, namely, R'Simeon B'Pazzi (and some say, R'Simeon B'Pazzi and one of his associates, namely, R'Isaac B'Nahmani, and some say, R'Simeon B'Nahmani) ; one says: As the time taken to recite this verse:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Hebrew.');">¹⁸</span> And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the Lord: 'for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Chron. VII, 3. se,u vshew sse');">¹⁹</span> and the other says: As [the time taken to recite] from and they bowed till the end. Our Sages taught: Kiddah means [falling] on the face; and so Scripture says: Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings I, 31; , from the same root as , ; the face alone touches the ground; this is not the same as complete prostration of the whole body; v. Suk. 53a.');">²⁰</span> Kneeling means upon the knees; and so Scripture says: from kneeling at his knees.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings VIII, 54.');">²¹</span> Prostration means spreading out of hands and feet; and so Scripture says: Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXXVII, 10; 'bow down to earth' implies complete prostration.');">²²</span> Raba queried: Is tarrying necessary for stripes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, having become unwittingly unclean in the temple, he was warned to leave; but he remained, though less than the duration of the tarrying period, is he punished by stripes?');">²³</span> or is tarrying not necessary for stripes? For [the bringing of] a sacrifice there is a tradition that tarrying is necessary,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he became unwittingly unclean in the Temple, and tarried the period of prostration while he was unaware of his uncleanness or of the Temple, he brings a sliding scale sacrifice; supra 14b.');">²⁴</span> but for stripes there is no tradition that tarryi is necessary?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perhaps, since he remained wilfully, after being warned, he is liable for stripes, though he did not tarry the full period of prostration.');">²⁵</span>

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