Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 169:9

רב ששת מוקי לה בשאין מסרבין בו לצאת

— The reference here is to a blow which inflicted an injury less than a <i>perutah</i> in value. But did not R. Ammi say in R. Johanan's name: [Even] if one smote his neighbour with a blow inflicting less than a perutah's worth of damage, he is punished with lashes? — By 'exempt', non-liability to monetary compensation is meant. It follows then that a son is liable to monetary compensation!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But that is impossible, since the injury is less than a perutah's worth. ');">⁹</span>

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