Keritot is a tractate of the
Mishnah
The Mishnah or the Mishna (; he, מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb ''shanah'' , or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah ...
and
Babylonian Talmud
The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...
. It is the seventh tractate in the Order of
Kodashim
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Kodashim ( he, קדשים, "Holy Things") is the fifth of the six orders, or major divisions, of the Mishnah, Tosefta and the Talmud, and deals largely with the services within the Temple in Jer ...
. Its name is the plural of the punishment
kareth
The Hebrew term ''kareth'' ("cutting off" he, כָּרֵת, ), or extirpation, is a form of punishment for sin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and later Jewish writings. Kareth in its simplistic meaning refers to an individual being expelled fr ...
which the Torah specifies for intentional violation of certain sins; unintentional violation of the same sins obligates one to bring a sin-offering instead.
Mishnah
The Mishnah to Keritot contains six chapters, with the following contents:
# A list of the 36 sins which incur ''kareth''; laws of the sacrifice of the ''yoledet''
# Ritually impure people bring a sacrifice to finish the process of their purification; laws of the sacrifice for the ''shifcha harufah''.
# The number of sacrifices required by one who has committed a series of sins
# The ''asham talui'' for one uncertain whether he has sinned
# The prohibition on consuming blood, and the laws of ''asham meilot''
# One who brings a sacrifice and later learned that he had not sinned; whether the forgiveness of
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (; he, יוֹם כִּפּוּר, , , ) is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day's ...
exempts one from a sin-offering; etc.
Talmud
The Talmud Bavli on tractate Keritot contains 27 pages. Page 6 of Keritot concerns the incense offering of the Temple. This is included in the standard Orthodox prayer book.
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