Halakhah sobre Keritot 1:1
שְׁלשִׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כְּרֵתוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה. הַבָּא עַל הָאֵם, וְעַל אֵשֶׁת הָאָב, וְעַל הַכַּלָּה, הַבָּא עַל הַזְּכוּר, וְעַל הַבְּהֵמָה, וְהָאִשָּׁה הַמְבִיאָה אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה עָלֶיהָ, הַבָּא עַל אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ, וְעַל אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ, הַבָּא עַל אֲחוֹתוֹ, וְעַל אֲחוֹת אָבִיו, וְעַל אֲחוֹת אִמּוֹ, וְעַל אֲחוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וְעַל אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו, וְעַל אֵשֶׁת אֲחִי אָבִיו, וְעַל הַנִּדָּה, הַמְגַדֵּף, וְהָעוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, וְהַנּוֹתֵן מִזַּרְעוֹ לַמֹּלֶךְ, וּבַעַל אוֹב, הַמְחַלֵּל אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְטָמֵא שֶׁאָכַל אֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ, וְהַבָּא לַמִּקְדָּשׁ טָמֵא, הָאוֹכֵל חֵלֶב, וְדָם, נוֹתָר, וּפִגּוּל, הַשּׁוֹחֵט וְהַמַּעֲלֶה בַּחוּץ, הָאוֹכֵל חָמֵץ בְּפֶסַח, וְהָאוֹכֵל וְהָעוֹשֶׂה מְלָאכָה בְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, הַמְפַטֵּם אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶן, וְהַמְפַטֵּם אֶת הַקְּטֹרֶת, וְהַסָּךְ בְּשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה. הַפֶּסַח וְהַמִּילָה בְּמִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה:
[Hay] treinta y seis actos para los cuales la Torá [prescribe] Karet [escisión a manos del cielo. Es un castigo para]: Una persona que tiene relaciones con su madre, o con la esposa de su padre, o con su nuera, o con un hombre, o con un animal, o una mujer que tiene un animal tiene relaciones con ella, o alguien que tiene relaciones con una mujer y su hija, o con una mujer casada, o con su hermana, o con su tía paterna, o con su tía materna, o con la hermana de su esposa, o con la esposa de su hermano, o con la esposa del hermano de su padre, o con una Niddah [una mujer que ha menstruado y por eso es impura]. [Otras personas que están sujetas a Karet son]: Alguien que blasfema [maldice a Dios], o que adora ídolos, o que sacrifica a sus hijos a Molekh [un tipo de idolatría en la que uno pasa a su hijo a través del fuego o entre llamas], o un nigromante, o alguien que viola Shabat, o una persona impura que come alimentos consagrados, alguien que entra al Templo cuando es impuro, o alguien que come grasa prohibida, o que come sangre, o que come Notar [un sacrificio que se vuelve no apto debido a ser no consumido más allá del tiempo permitido], o quien come Piggul [un sacrificio que se vuelve inadecuado debido a la intención del sacerdote oficiante mientras lo ofrece, consumirlo después de su tiempo permitido], o alguien que mata un sacrificio fuera [los recintos del Templo] , o quien ofrece un sacrificio fuera [los recintos del Templo], o quién come pan con levadura en Pesaj, o quién come en Iom Kipur, o quién hace Melajá [una actividad constructiva prohibida en Shabat y festivales] en Iom Kipur, o alguien que prepara aceite [según la manera del aceite de la unción del Templo], o quien prepara Ketoret [incienso sagrado ofrecido dos veces al día en el altar de oro dentro del Templo], o quien se unge [a sí mismo] con el aceite de la unción. Mandamientos positivos [cuya negligencia justifica a Karet son]: la ofrenda de la Pascua y la circuncisión.
Sefer HaMitzvot
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
On Yom Kippur, its night is the same as its day in all matters; and what are its forbidden things on it: working, eating, drinking, washing, annointing, wearing sandles (leather), intercourse. But one is not guilty of the karet penalty78Karet, כרת, means "extripation" which is a punishment at the hands of heaven mentioned in the Bible. It served as a penalty for numerous sins which were committed deliberately such as idolatry, desecration of the Sabbath, eating leaven on Passover, incest, adultery, and eating some forbidden foods. For such offences, the person need not be given a previous warning as the sin is so basic and severe. The halakhah defines karet as premature death (Sifra, Emor 14:14) and baraita (Mk. 28a; TJ, Bik. 2:1, 64b) state it as "death at the age of fifty". Some amoriam refer to it as death between the ages of fifty and sixty. The Mishna (Ker. 1:1) lists thirty-six transgressions mentioned in the Torah for which karet is punishment. The word karet has also become the standard for many severe violations of the halakhah. Karet has to be for a deliberate act. If the transgression was done inadvertently, only a sin-offering is required. The punishment of karet is divine, therefore God knows if it was deliberate or not and there need not be any witnesses.
There is discussion among the tannaim whether or not the penalty of karet exempts a person from flogging (see footnote 31) which is the penalty for most toraitic law violations where the person is warned. The decision is that one should be flogged and repentence can annul a karet (Mak. 23a-b). Even though a transgressor may be punished by karet, he is still liable for any civil claims that may have arisen from his actions (Ket. 30a).
It was believed that natural death took place after sixty and if one died before that or one's life span was in any way curtailed this was considered "death by the hand of heaven" even though it had no fixed time. There was also discussion regarding the speed of death. Death in one, two, or three days before the age of sixty, or for those committing a transgression after the age of sixty was considered a sign of karet.
The medieval scholars who were very concerned with reward and punishment decided that a death from karet meant the absolute end, the maximal punishment, while ordinary sinners after being punished in Gehinnom, lived again in the world to come, a world not shared by those punished with karet. This was the view of Maimonides while Naḥmanides felt that those who died by karet continued to suffer in the world to come since the soul can never be annihilated and perish. Karet was degradation of the soul and the negation of spiritual pleasures awaiting the souls of the righteous.
Israel Moses Ta-Shma, E. J., v. 10, pp. 788-89. except for working, eating, and drinking.