Keritot

The Mishnah to Keritot contains six chapters, with the following contents:

1. A list of the 36 sins which incur kareth; laws of the sacrifice of the yoledet
2. Ritually impure people bring a sacrifice to finish the process of their purification; laws of the sacrifice for the shifcha harufah.
3. The number of sacrifices required by one who has committed a series of sins
4. The asham talui for one uncertain whether he has sinned
5. The prohibition on consuming blood, and the laws of asham meilot
6. One who brings a sacrifice and later learned that he had not sinned; whether the forgiveness of Yom Kippur exempts one from a sin-offering; etc.

The Talmud Bavli on tractate Keritot contains 27 pages. Page 6 of Keritot concerns the incense offering of the Temple. This is included in the standard Orthodox prayer book.^[2]