Commentary for Keritot 55:13

אלמא קסבר

For it was taught: If one of the two [goats] died he may bring another without [further] casting of lots;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Day of Atonement two goats were brought and lots were cast over them, one as an offering to the Lord and the other as the Scapegoat; v. Lev. XVI, 8. If one of the goats died after the decision of the lots, another goat may be brought to replace it, according to R. Simeon, neither is there any need for a second ceremony of casting lots. Now the surviving goat was temporarily rejected by reason of the death of the other, yet it becomes now eligible for offering, thus proving that living animals are not permanently rejected.');">¹⁰</span>

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