Halakhah for Keritot 44:36
יליף בערכך בערכך מאשם מעילה
we learn that knowledge at the outset is not essential with regard to an unconditional guilt-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is not necessary for the sinner to be aware of the sin at the time of its commission.');"><sup>27</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
The commandment of a definite guilt-offering: To offer a sacrifice for well-known sins - that we will explain. And this sacrifice is called a definite guilt-offering. And it is a sacrifice of a ram that needs to be worth two sela (Keritot 22b). And there are some of these sins for which this sacrifice comes, that are whether he sinned inadvertently or whether volitionally; and there are some for which it only comes specifically for the inadvertent, but not for the volitional.
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