“If one ate a piece of forbidden fat ( chelev ), and another piece of forbidden fat, but does not know whether he ate them in one lapse of awareness (he’e’lem) or two separate lapses—how many sin offerings must he bring?”
You can read the full text and commentary on the Sefaria Keritot 6b page. keritot 6b page 78 jebhammoth 61
Unlike some legal systems that punish lineage regardless of knowledge (e.g., hereditary castes), talmudic law insists that mamzer status requires voluntary forbidden intercourse with full awareness. This limitation is humane. “If one ate a piece of forbidden fat
Yevamot is the first tractate in Seder Nashim (Order of Women). Its central theme is yibbum (levirate marriage): if a married man dies childless, his brother must marry the widow (or perform chalitzah ). Embedded in these laws are definitions of who is a valid Jew (“the congregation of the Lord”). Yevamot is the first tractate in Seder Nashim