Note 136 — Legal Restrictions
Reading edition
Sanh. 64b, 90b to Num. xv, 31; Maimonides, Hilchoth Teshuba 8. According to Maimonides, “death by the hands of Heaven” differs from Kareth, in that the former refers only to this life, the death serving as an expiation, whereas Kareth refers also to the future life. But see Jebam. 2a, Tosafoth אשח on the meaning of Kareth.