3,988. The Penalty for Entering Someplace That's "Off Limits"

Hilchos Bias HaMikdash 3:7

From the Israelite courtyard and beyond, even one who still has to bring his sacrifices may not enter because he has not yet completed his purification. Leviticus 12:8 says, “The kohein will atone for her and she will be pure,” from which we infer that without this, her purification is incomplete.

Hilchos Bias HaMikdash 3:8

A ritually unclean person who may not enter the Temple Mount violates a Torah prohibition and is subject to the penalty of lashes if he does so, as per Deuteronomy 23:11: “He shall go outside the camp” – referring to the camp of the Shechinah – “he may not come into the camp” – referring to the Levite camp. Similarly, a person with tzaraas who enters Jerusalem is subject to the penalty of lashes. If he enters any other walled city, he is not subject to lashes even though this is likewise impermissible, as per Leviticus 13:46: “He shall dwell alone.”