Quotation for Shevuot 14:14

במזיד ולא אתרו ביה בשוגג ולא אתיידע ליה

this goat atones, therefore the text says: And of their transgressions, even all their sins<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 16.');">¹⁸</span> - sins are equated with transgressions; just as transgressions are not liable for sacrifice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Transgressions mean witting sins, and cannot be atoned for by sacrifice.');">¹⁹</span> so sins [in this verse] are those which are not liable for sacrifice.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Excluding those where there is knowledge at the end, when a sliding scale sacrifice is brought.');">²⁰</span> And how do we know that [only] when there is knowledge at the beginning and not at the end does this goat hold the sin in suspense?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And does not atone for the sin where there is no knowledge at the beginning, though it is also not liable for a sacrifice. o,tyj ,tyj');">²¹</span> - Because the text says, even all their sins - implying sins for which a sin offering may ultimately be brought.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' which may be atoned for by ; i.e., where there is knowledge at the beginning, but not at the end; a sacrifice is brought later when knowledge comes to the sinner. But where there is knowledge at the beginning, there is no possibility that a sacrifice may ultimately be brought.');">²²</span> The Master stated: 'It is possible in this phrase<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI. 16.');">²³</span> to include three types of uncleanness - the uncleanness of idolatry, the uncleanness of incest, and the uncleanness of bloodshed.' With reference to idolatry, how is it possible? If it was witting transgression, the transgressor suffers the death penalty;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Stoning; v. Sanh. 53a.');">²⁴</span> if unwitting, he brings a sacrifice.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A she-goat; v. Num. XV, 27. How then could we possibly suggest that the 'inner' goat of the Day of Atonement atones for idolatry.');">²⁵</span> - [Yes, it may atone] for witting transgression without warning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When warning has not been given, the death penalty is not inflicted (Sanh. 41a) .');">²⁶</span> or unwitting transgression before it becomes known to him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The inner goat will hold the sin in suspense till it become known to him, and he brings a sacrifice.');">²⁷</span>

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