karet

I do know that it's a pretty harsh term - and is only beaten by the word "karet" spiritual excision.

F.Q. 2 2004

According to Leviticus 20: 18 coitus with a menstruant was forbidden and carried the punishment of karet.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

This necessitated special midrashic inclusions in various ways in order to include women in karet or sacrifices or flogging for specific sexual transgressions.

Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female. leBeit Yoreh 2009

In the classical sources avoidance of sexual relations or intimate contact which may lead to sexual relations is specifically connected to avoiding the penalty of karet, which applies equally to men and women if the sexual act is consensual.

Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009

In Israel, other groups, particularly traditional Sefardi families, even though not always Sabbath-observant, still maintain observance of menstrual laws, sometimes out of worry for the purported physical repercussions to children born of non-observance or to themselves during childbirth, but perhaps also from concern about the possibility of incurring the punishment of karet.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

The penalty for polluting the Temple is karet, excision from the people of Israel or a divine decree of death.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

If this was done intentionally, the couple incurred the punishment of karet; if done unintentionally, they were obligated to bring a sin offering.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

This was apparently due to the fact that sexual intercourse with a woman in the state of menstrual impurity carried with it the penalty of karet, the only infraction of the purity system to do so post-destruction.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

Leviticus 20: 18 mentions the punishment of karet if one has coitus during menstruation.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

This was to ensure that if the blood had left the uterus but was still in the vagina, the couple would not inadvertently transgress the law stated in Leviticus 20: 18, incurring the punishment karet for having coitus during the niddah period.

Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009