Commentary for Yevamot 108:11

מכדי בהמה חייבי מיתות בית דין היא מאי טעמא כתיב להעראה דידה גבי חייבי כריתות לכתוב גבי מיתת בית דין ונילף מיתת ב"ד ממיתת ב"ד

— But [the query is] what is the law when one passed the first stage with a beast? The other replied: No purpose is served by the text<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XX, 19. ');">²⁷</span> in [forbidding] the first stage in the case of a father's sister and a mother's sister, since in their case the prohibition is arrived at by the comparison of R. Jonah, apply that text to the first stage with a beast. Observe! Intercourse with a beast is among the offences subject to the death penalties of a <i>Beth din</i>; why then was the first stage in relation to it enumerated among offences that are subject to the penalty of <i>kareth</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as intercourse with a father's sister or a mother's sister. ');">²⁸</span>

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