Shelach 15:30 · unit 1 — high-handed acts
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 30
The Complete Passuk
וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה ׀ בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֗ה מִן־הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ וּמִן־הַגֵּ֔ר אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֣וּא מְגַדֵּ֑ף וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃
But the person who acts with a high hand… he blasphemes Hashem, and that soul shall be cut off…
Chabad.org — 15:30
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: high-handed sin is not covered by the shogeg chatas; it is kares.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה בְּיָד רָמָה … אֶת יְהֹוָה הוּא מְגַדֵּף וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִיא מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּהּ.
English: But the person who acts with a high hand… he blasphemes Hashem, and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Type of Learning
Contrast of shogeg and mezid.
What Is Learned
Deliberate defiance is called blasphemy of Hashem and is punished by kares, not by the chatas of this chapter.