Commentary for Keritot 6:67

בעבודת כוכבים אינו חייב אלא על דבר שיש בו מעשה כגון שזיבח וקיטר וניסך והשתחוה

instead of the blasphemer? - [The explicit exclusion of] the blasphemer was necessary, for I might otherwise have thought that, since the pronouncement of kareth in his case is in juxtaposition to laws relating to offerings,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The law concerning the blasphemer is contained in Num. XV, 30 in conjunction with prescriptions relating to offerings. I might have thought that this juxtaposition was to indicate that there is to be an offering in the case of blasphemy even against the otherwise valid rule that no sacrifice is offered except for a sin which involves an action.');">³⁹</span>

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