Commentary for Temurah 40:40

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First, that a man cannot obtain atonement with something which he obtained as the result of a transgression.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a breach of the prohibitory law, 'He shall not alter it nor change it' involved (Lev. XXVII, 10) . And although the exchange of a burnt-offering or peace-offering is offered up, the latter is not for the purpose of atonement.');">³⁰</span>

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