Midrash for Makkot 45:12
תנא כשהוא מגביה מגביה בשתי ידיו וכשהוא מכה מכה בידו אחת כי היכי דליתה מדידיה:
It was taught in a baraisa: When he lifts [the strap], he lifts it with both hands. And when he strikes, he strikes with one hand in order that it will come from him....
Sifrei Devarim
I might think, (that they were steeped in blood) even after they received it; it is, therefore, written "only" (a term of limitation). Once they received it, they observed it with joy. [Rabban Gamliel says: It states "Only strengthen yourself not to eat the blood". If Scripture exhorted us so concerning the "lightest" mitzvah of the Torah, (not to eat) blood, how much more so are we thus exhorted concerning the other mitzvoth of the Torah!]
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Sifrei Devarim
(Rabban Gamliel says: It states "Only strengthen yourself not to eat the blood". If Scripture exhorted us so concerning the "lightest" mitzvah of the Torah, (not to eat) blood, how much more so are we thus exhorted concerning the other mitzvoth of the Torah!)
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