Related%20passage for Makkot 45:14

תנו רבנן מכה רבה אין לי אלא מכה רבה מכה מועטת מנין ת"ל לא יוסיף אם כן מה תלמוד לומר מכה רבה לימד על הראשונות שהן מכה רבה:

The rabbis taught [in a baraisa], From (Deuteronomy 25,3) "many lashes", I only know [that it is prohibited for the attendant to add] many lashes. From where do I learn out also few lashes? The Torah says "do not add" If so, the why does the Torah say "many lashes"? to teach us a bout the first [extra lashes] that they are considered "many lashes"

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