Commentary for Shevuot 15:11

ולר' שמעון בן יוחאי דאמר יולדת נמי חוטאת היא מאי איכא למימר רבי שמעון לטעמיה דאמר ממקומו הוא מוכרע

what shall we say?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why should not the inner goat atone for her?');">¹⁵</span> - R'Simeon is consistent in that he holds 'from its own text it may be deduced.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He does not exclude a woman after childbirth because of the phrase all their sins; but he deduces that the inner goat atones only for the sin of uncleanness connected with the Temple and holy food from its own text; v. supra p. 26.');">¹⁶</span>

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