Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Keritot, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522

Folio (13¾ x 9 in.; 350 x 228 mm). collation: 1-3^{8, 44=28 leaves, woodcut initial word panel; first four and last two leaves mended in gutter margin; lightly dampstained at lower margins. Half vellum.}

Mordecai ben Moshe Barazani—his inscription on title page; Sasson ben Mordecai Barazani—his inscription on title page

Vinograd, Venice 58; Habermann 56

Folio (13¾ x 9 in.; 350 x 228 mm). collation: 1-38, 44=28 leaves, woodcut initial; first four and last two leaves mended in gutter margin; lightly dampstained at lower margins. Half vellum.
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Keritot , the seventh tractate in the order Kodashim, derives its name from the word Karet (Extirpation), a punishment at the hands of heaven mentioned in the Bible as the penalty for a number of deliberately committed sins, such as: idolatry, desecration of the Sabbath, the eating of leaven on Passover, incest and adultery, as well as for the consumption of ceratain forbidden foods. The majority of the tractate concerns itself with the laws surrounding the sin-offering or guilt-offerings brought in case of the inadvertent or doubtful commission of sins which if committed intentionally would entail karet.