Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 184:15

ואי מהלכתא (הוה אמינא) לא ידעינן הי נינהו קמשמע לן דומיא דשעיר נשיא דמכפר על עבירות מצוה ידועה:

But according to Rabina who said that there is a tradition that among the offerings of the congregation there are [only] two that require the laying on of hands, wherefore is a verse required [to include the he-goats offered for the sin of idolatry]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since R. Simeon is of the opinion that the laying on of hands must be performed by the owners, and therefore the laying of the hands by Aaron on the scapegoat is not a proper laying on of hands, inasmuch as Aaron is not the owner since he does not even obtain any atonement through it, then by virtue of the tradition the only two possible offerings of the congregation that require the laying on of hands are the bullock offered for the transgression of the congregation and the he-goats offered for the sin of idolatry. Hence the verse is superfluous!');">¹⁹</span> - Both the verse and the tradition are necessary.

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