Musar for Sanhedrin 162:4
א"ל רבי יעקב לר' ירמיה בר תחליפא תא אסברא לך במלקיות של כרת אחת אבל של שתים ושל שלש כריתות איסורי הוא דקא טעים ולא מוותר כולי האי:
— R. Jeremiah answered in the name of Resh Lakish: The reference is to flagellation for an offence punishable by extinction,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the witnesses had warned him that he would be flagellated, — a lesser penalty. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Orchot Tzadikim
One ought to be zealous against sinners and the wicked, to strive with them and to rebuke them. As our Sages said : "A man who cohabitates with a heathen woman, the zealous ones should smite him" (Sanhedrin 81b).
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