Responsa for Makkot 41:2

אמר שמואל המשרט בכלי חייב מיתיבי שריטה וגדידה אחת היא אלא ששריטה ביד וגדידה בכלי הוא דאמר כרבי יוסי

Shmuel said: "One of makes an incision with a tool (kli) is culpable [for the punishment of lashes]." But there's a contradiction here: [it has just been said that] an incision (serita) and a gash (gedidah) are one in the same, but an incision is made by hand and a gash is made by a tool. This one who spoke in accordance with Rabi Yossi,

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