Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 66:4

היכי דמי אי דלא אתרו ביה אמאי מיקטיל אלא פשיטא דאתרו ביה ומותרה לדבר חמור מותרה לדבר הקל ואמר רחמנא שבתו יתן ורפא ירפא

Now what is this case? If they did not warn him, why should he be killed? Rather it is clear that they warned him, and [it is held], one who was warned for a severe matter stands warned for the lighter matter and the Torah says [that if he does not die] “he shall pay for the loss of his time, and heal him.”

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