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as we stated initially, that if they repented the heavenly court absolves them of the punishment of karet, and therefore this is not a case of two punishments for one transgression, and there is no exemption from lashes. What do you say in response, that they did not yet repent? Nevertheless, since
§ It is taught in the baraita that R' Yitzḥak says: Those liable to receive karet in cases of incest were included in the principle: “For anyone who performs any of these abominations, the souls who do so shall be excised from among their people” (Leviticus 18:29). And why was the punishment of kare
The Talmud asks: And according to the Rabbis, i.e., R' Yishmael and R' Akiva, who maintain that those liable to receive karet are flogged, why do I need karet to be written in the case of one who has sex with his sister; what does it teach? The Talmud answers: It teaches to divide the various proh
The Talmud asks: And concerning R' Yitzḥak, who derives the halakha that one who is liable to receive karet is not flogged from the fact that karet for one who has sex with his sister emerged from the generalization, from where does he derive the concept to divide the various prohibitions? The Talm
The Talmud asks: And with regard to the Rabbis as well, let them derive the division of the prohibitions from this verse, rather than from the fact that karet for one who has sex with his sister emerged from the generalization. The Talmud answers: Yes, it is indeed so, they derive division from th