Kareth
Punishment of being "cut off" in Judaism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hebrew term kareth ("cutting off" Hebrew: כָּרֵת, [kaˈret]), or extirpation, is a form of punishment for sin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and later Jewish writings. The typical Biblical phrase used is "that soul shall be cut off from its people" or a slight variation of this.[1] Several different suggestions have been made for the understanding of this punishment in the Bible and in rabbinic thought.