Commentary for Menachot 183:10

הושוו כולן לכפרה אחת שמתכפרין בשעיר המשתלח דברי רבי יהודה

And he shall make atonement for the most holy place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 33. From this verse it is deduced that the High Priest effected atonement for the transgression of the laws of uncleanness in the Holy of Holies, in the Holy place etc. with the bullock and the he-goat, the former making atonement for priests who erred in this way and the latter for Israelites.');">¹¹</span> this means the Holy of Holies;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if a person became unclean whilst in the Holy of Holies or in the Holy place and tarried there for the prescribed period (v. Shebu. 16b) , or if he offered incense on the golden altar whilst unclean, or if he unwittingly entered the Temple courts whilst unclean.');">¹²</span>

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