Commentary for Menachot 184:7
נפקא לן מדתניא (ויקרא ד, כד) וסמך ידו על ראש השעיר לרבות שעיר נחשון לסמיכה דברי ר' יהודה ר' שמעון אומר לרבות שעירי עבודת כוכבים לסמיכה שהיה ר' שמעון אומר כל חטאת שנכנס דמה לפנים טעונה סמיכה
Has not Rabina stated that there is a tradition that among the offerings of the congregation there are two that require the laying on of hands?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., two and no more. And the two, according to R. Judah, are: the scapegoat, and the bullock offered for the transgression of the congregation. V. our MISHNAH:');"><sup>7</sup></span> - It was merely an exercise in interpretation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To interpret the verses in order to arrive at the traditional view as reported by Rabina. Aliter: R. Judah does not accept this tradition but arrives at that view by the exposition of verses.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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