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Halakhah for Makkot 3:12

כֵּיצַד מַלְקִין אוֹתוֹ, כּוֹפֵת שְׁתֵּי יָדָיו עַל הָעַמּוּד הֵילָךְ וְהֵילָךְ, וְחַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת אוֹחֵז בִּבְגָדָיו, אִם נִקְרְעוּ נִקְרָעוּ, וְאִם נִפְרְמוּ נִפְרָמוּ, עַד שֶׁהוּא מְגַלֶּה אֶת לִבּוֹ. וְהָאֶבֶן נְתוּנָה מֵאַחֲרָיו, חַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת עוֹמֵד עָלֶיהָ. וּרְצוּעָה שֶׁל עֵגֶל בְּיָדוֹ, כְּפוּלָה אֶחָד לִשְׁנַיִם וּשְׁנַיִם לְאַרְבָּעָה, וּשְׁתֵּי רְצוּעוֹת עוֹלוֹת וְיוֹרְדוֹת בָּהּ:

How is he smitten? His two hands are tied on either side to a post [stuck standing in the ground and high enough to lean upon], and the beadle of the congregation [the deputy of beth-din] takes hold of his garments. If they are torn, they are torn; and if they are rent [at the seam], they are rent — until he exposes his heart. And the stone is placed behind him [the one to be smitten.] The beadle of the congregation stands upon it with the thong of a calf in his hand, [it being written (Deuteronomy 25:3): "Forty shall he smite him," followed by (4): "You shall not muzzle an ox in its threshing."], doubled, one to two and two to four, [i.e., four thongs sewn one atop the other], and two [thin] thongs of an ass, running up and down through it [as a saddle band. The rationale: It is written (Isaiah 1:3): "The ox knows its owner, and the ass, its master's crib." The Holy One Blessed be He said: "Let that (the ass) which recognizes its master's crib come and exact punishment of him who did not recognize his Master's crib."]

Sefer HaChinukh

From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, said in the chapter mentioned (Mishnah Makkot 3:12-14), "How do they lash him? His two hands are bound on each side of the column and the administrator grabs his clothes. If they are torn, they are torn (so be it), and if they become unstitched, they become unstitched, until his heart (chest) is uncovered. And a stone is placed behind him and the administrator stands on it. And a strap of calfskin is in his hand, doubled over once into two [straps] and a second time into four [straps] and there are two [other] straps going up and down with it. The [strap's] handle is a hand-breadth [long] and [the strap] is a hand-breadth wide and its tip reaches to the mouth (beginning) of his stomach. And he lashes him one third [of the lashes] on his front and two thirds on his back [...] The reader would read, 'If you do not guard to do [...] And the Lord will increase your beatings, etc.' (Deuteronomy 28:58-59)." And the rest of its details are elucidated in the mentioned chapter of Tractate Makkot (see Mishneh Torah, The Sanhedrin and the Penalties within their Jurisdiction 6)
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