Mesorat%20hashas for Keritot 4:35

תו הא דתנן

But why not say, if he commits one transgression of these he is liable to one sacrifice, if he transgresses them all in one spell of unawareness he is still liable only to one offering? - Replied R'Johanan: It is for this reason that [the penalty of] kareth has been specially mentioned in connection with 'his sister',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XX, 17; although this penalty is already implied in the collective statement in Lev. XVIII, 29. The superfluous mention of kareth in a single instance is to indicate that this penalty is prescribed for each transgression separately even when committed in conjunction with others.');">²⁶</span>

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