Midrash for Chullin 120:24
(עמוס ז, ב) יעקב הקטן שמואל הקטן
Because the Holy One, blessed be He, said: Let this he-goat be an atonement for Me for making the moon smaller.
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 14:9) "This may you eat … (12) and this you may not eat, etc.": R. Akiva said: Was Moses a hunter or an archer (that he knew the signs of all the animals in creation)! Let this serve as a riposte to those who say there is no Torah from Heaven!
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