Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 169:6
לא אידי ואידי לא שנא בנו ולא שנא אחר ולא קשיא כאן במקום מצוה כאן שלא במקום מצוה
Come and hear: If one was going forth to execution, and his son came and smote him and cursed him, he is liable; if a stranger did this, he is exempt. Now we pondered thereon, What is the difference between a son and a stranger? And R. Hisda answered: This refers to one who is being impelled forth, but holds back?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence this teaches that his son, as an agent of Beth din, may not smite him to drive him forward, and is punished for so doing, which is in contradiction to R. Shesheth. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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