Commentary for Yevamot 109:18

ולרבי יצחק דאמר כל חייבי כריתות בכלל היו ולמה יצתה כרת באחותו לדונו בכרת ולא במלקות לחלק מנלן

penalty is <i>kareth</i> and not flogging',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though he had been duly warned. ');">⁴¹</span> whence is the division<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That liability is incurred for every single offence even though all were committed in one state of unawareness. ');">⁴²</span> deduced? — It is deduced from, And unto a woman&nbsp;… as long as she is impure by her uncleanness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII. 19, emphasis on woman. Since, instead of the longer expression 'A woman&nbsp;… as long as she is impure by her uncleanness', the shorter one, 'a menstruant could have been used. ');">⁴³</span>

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