Commentary for Shevuot 26:1

כרת דיממא לרבי לית ליה

Does not Rabbi hold that there is kareth for the day [of the Day of Atonement]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he holds that the Day atones even for transgression of the Day itself, the punishment of kareth decreed for transgressing the Day can never he put into effect; yet Scripture says: For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people');">¹</span> Why not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbi may still hold that the Day atones even for the kareth which it carries, and yet it is possible to have a case where kareth operates.');">²</span> It is possible in the case where he ate a piece of meat, which choked him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that not even a moment of the Day passed after the eating of it; but had he lived a moment after eating, the Day would have atoned.');">³</span>

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