Commentary for Yoma 80:10

ת"ש (ויקרא טז, ט) ועשהו חטאת הגורל עושהו חטאת ואין השם עושהו חטא'

which would imply that the placing of the lots is not even a command!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely this is impossible!');">¹²</span> Rather must you say it means that it is in respect of indispensability;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that once the lots are cast there is nothing else deemed indispensable for determining the destination of the he-goats.');">¹³</span>

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