Commentary for Keritot 14:15

As in the latter instance kareth is the penalty, so also in the former the penalty is kareth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus Rashi's version. Cur. edd., whose text is not quite clear, read thus: . . on the view of the Rabbis. R. Akiba argues thus with the Rabbis: You maintain the blasphemer (megaddef) performs no action; but in fact 'megaddef' is one who blasphemes the Name. And for what purpose has kareth been mentioned? They said to him: He who curses the Lord is liable to kareth, for it is written in connection with cursing, 'That man shall bear his iniquity' and it is written in conjunction with the second passover, 'He shall bear his iniquity': as in the latter instance there is kareth, so also in the former there is kareth.');">¹⁰</span>

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