EXTRA 3 on Acharei Mos 17:14

Side-ring EXTRA · Three independent kareis prohibitions

Source

Kerisos 4b (cited by Ramban) maps the three kareis verses concerning blood onto three distinct categories: the blood of life that leaves at shechitah of a korban, ordinary shechitah blood, and the blood that requires kisui.

Core Text

Core Text — Kerisos 4b
אֶחָד לְדַם שֶׁהַנֶּפֶשׁ יוֹצְאָה בּוֹ, וְאֶחָד לְדַם תַּמְצִית, וְאֶחָד לְדַם הַכִּסּוּי.

English: One verse for the blood with which the life departs, one for residual blood, and one for the blood that requires covering.

Type of Learning

Multiple kareis counts for dam

What Is Learned

Scripture’s repeated kareis language is not rhetorical emphasis alone; each occurrence targets a distinct class of blood, ensuring that no category of forbidden blood escapes the prohibition.