Commentary for Menachot 183:12

ור' שמעון הא ודאי הושוו אין הושוו דבני כפרה נינהו מיהו כל חד וחד מכפר בדנפשיה

this is to be taken in its usual sense; he shall make atonement,<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 various Temple courts; and for the priests,<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>

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