Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 28:3

זו היא מצות עשה שבמקדש שאין חייבין עליה

FOR WHICH THEY [THE BETH DIN] ARE NOT LIABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the Beth din give an erroneous ruling, permitting that which is prohibited, they must bring a bullock for a sin-offering: If the whole congregation of Israel shall err . . and do any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done . . the assembly shall offer a young bullock (Lev. IV, 13, 14) . Congregation of Israel refers to the Beth din (Great Sanhedrin) ; v. Hor. 4b. In the present instance, if the Beth din give an erroneous ruling in connection with uncleanness occurring to a person while in the Temple, they do not bring a bullock, for they only bring a bullock for an erroneous ruling on a matter which, when unwittingly done by an individual, must be atoned for by a sin-offering, but not for an erroneous ruling on a matter which, when unwittingly done by an individual, is atoned for by a sliding scale sacrifice; v. Hor. 8b.');">⁵</span> AND WHICH IS THE POSITIVE PRECEPT CONCERNING A MENSTRUOUS WOMAN FOR WHICH THEY ARE LIABLE?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XV, 31: Ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; v. infra 18b. For an erroneous ruling on this the Beth din bring a bullock, because an individual, for an unwitting transgression of this precept, brings a sin offering.');">⁶</span>

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