The Basics of Judaism: Basic Values and Morality: "Cutting Off":
What is the punishment of "cutting off"?
"Cutting off" (KARESS) is understood by the Rabbis as dying young;
see Sifra Emor 14 and Talmud Moed Katan 28a. It is never interpreted
in the Rabbinical sources as expulsion or excommunication.
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