Halakhah su 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:
[Vi sono] trentasei atti per i quali la Torah [prescrive] Karet [escissione per mano del Cielo. È una punizione per]: uno che ha rapporti con sua madre, o con la moglie di suo padre, o con sua nuora, o con un uomo, o con un animale, o una donna che ha un animale ha rapporti con lei, o una persona che ha rapporti con una donna e sua figlia, o con una donna sposata, o con sua sorella, o con sua zia paterna, o con sua zia materna, o con la sorella di sua moglie, o con la moglie di suo fratello, o con la moglie del fratello di suo padre o con una Niddah [una donna che ha mestruato e quindi impuro]. [Altri individui soggetti a Karet sono]: uno che bestemmia [maledice Dio], o che adora gli idoli, o che sacrifica i suoi figli a Molekh [un tipo di idolatria in cui si passa il figlio attraverso il fuoco o tra le fiamme], o un negromante, o colui che viola Shabbat, o una persona impura che mangia cibo consacrato, uno che entra nel Tempio quando impuro, o uno che mangia grasso proibito, o che mangia sangue, o che mangia Notar [un sacrificio che diventa inadatto a causa dell'essere non consumato oltre il tempo consentito], o che mangia Piggul [un sacrificio che diventa inadatto a causa dell'intenzione del sacerdote officiante mentre lo offre, di consumarlo dopo il tempo consentito], o di uno che massacra un sacrificio fuori [i recinti del tempio] o chi offre un sacrificio fuori [i recinti del Tempio], o chi mangia pane lievitato su Pesach, o chi mangia su Yom Kippur, o chi fa Melakhah [un'attività costruttiva proibita su Shabbat e le feste] su Yom Kippur, o uno che prepara l'olio [dopo la maniera dell'olio per l'unzione del Tempio], o che prepara Ketoret [santo incenso offerto due volte al giorno sull'altare d'oro all'interno del Tempio], o che unge [se stesso] con l'olio per l'unzione. Comandamenti positivi [la cui negligenza merita Karet sono]: l'offerta della Pasqua ebraica e la circoncisione.
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.