truth be told: I could easily reason that since it takes 3 min. (lets just use that time frame) to be over an issur yichud, I can only be over once every 3 min. If yichud begins at 12:00, at 12:03 I am over issur #1. I suppose you could say that at 12:04 I am over issur #2 (from 12:01-12:04), but that would mean I am being punished twice for the time I was miyached between 12:01-12:03. That might not be an issue, but it may. There is an extensive discussion in Makkos (sorry don’t have the exact cite offhand) related to znus – i.e., whether if one has relations with one woman who happens to cover several issurim (i.e., the woman is the perpetrator’s sister, is an eishes ish, is a niddah) he can be liable for several issurim, or is just liable for the strictest one (in this case it would depend on the resolution of the machlokes whether missah or kares is more chamur).
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