Commentary for Shevuot 26:16

אביי אמר אפי' תימא ר' יהודה הכי קאמר מעתה אין להם כפרה בטומאת מקדש וקדשיו כשהוא אומר יכפר על הכהנים מצינו שיש להן כפרה בשאר עבירות וכמו דמצינו שיש להן כפרה בשאר עבירות כך יש להן כפרה

Who is the Tanna [of this Baraitha]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which states that if the priests would not obtain atonement with Aaron's bullock, they would have no atonement at all.');">³⁰</span> - R'Jeremiah said: It is not R'Judah, for if R'Judah, surely he says the priests obtain atonement with the scapegoat!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At least for other sins; whereas, according to the Baraitha, it appears that their atonement depends entirely on the bullock of Aaron.');">³¹</span> Then who is it? Raba said: It is R'Simeon who holds that the priests do not obtain atonement with the scapegoat. Abaye said: You may even say that it is R'Judah, and thus he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah who is the Tanna of the Baraitha.');">³²</span> reasons: Hence they would have no atonement at all for transgression of the laws of uncleanness connected with the Temple and holy food thereof;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If we should say that the priests can obtain atonement neither with the inner goat of the people nor with bullock of the High Priest for the sins of uncleanness connected with the Temple, the result would be that they would have no atonement at all for these sins; though for other sins they would still obtain atonement with the scapegoat.');">³³</span> but when Scripture says: And he shall make atonement for the priest, we find that they have atonement for other sins; and just as we find that they have atonement for other sins, so they have atonement

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