EXTRA 1 on Kedoshim 20:01

Side-ring EXTRA · A fresh dibbur for the penalties

Source

Torah Temimah is silent on 20:01. The verse reopens with a full speech formula before the chapter of penalties for the arayos and related sins already framed in ch. 18–19.

Core Text

Core Text — Sifra, Kedoshim (structural reading)
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃

English: A new dibbur opens chapter 20. The penalties (sekilah, karet, childlessness) are not a mere appendix to the arayos of ch. 18; they receive their own divine address.

Type of Learning

Structural separation of warning and penalty

What Is Learned

The Torah does not leave the arayos with warning alone. A fresh “Hashem spoke to Moshe” marks the turn from prohibition to consequence, and from community holiness to judicial outcome.