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Why does the Torah write "K'naf Aviv" and not 'Ervas Aviv' like in Vayikra, 20:11 & 29:21?

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Ramban: Because, whereas there, the Torah is coming to sentence the sinner to Misah or Kareis, here it is placing a curse even upon someone who degrades his parents, 1 which applies even to someone who merely uncovers the nakedness of the woman that his father took under the Chupah. 2

1

Refer to 27:16:1:1.

2

Ramban: As in Rus, 3:9. Refer also to 23:1:2:2.

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