When a potch is administered as chinuch (qualifies as such), and there is an unfortunate result, he is definitely pottur. If the potch was not chinuch, but rage or revenge, the father is chayav. That is halacha lemaaseh.
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When a potch is administered as chinuch (qualifies as such), and there is an unfortunate result, he is definitely pottur. If the potch was not chinuch, but rage or revenge, the father is chayav. That is halacha lemaaseh.