Tosefta for Horayot 17:10
אשם תלוי היחיד והנשיא חייבין ומשיח וב"ד פטורין אשם ודאי היחיד והנשיא והמשיח חייבין וב"ד פטורין
אשם תלוי היחיד והנשיא חייבין ומשיח וב"ד פטורין אשם ודאי היחיד והנשיא והמשיח חייבין וב"ד פטורין
Tosefta Horayot
[The court] is not liable [to bring a bull as an unwitting sin-offering for issuing a ruling regarding] a positive commandment or a negative commandment that [is related to the defiling of] the Temple, and one does not bring a provisional guilt-offering for a positive commandment or for a negative commandment [related to the defiling of] the Temple (Hor. 2:4). But [the court] is liable to bring a provisional guilt offering for a positive commandment or for a negative commandment regarding a niddah, said Rabbi Shimon. Why does liability that incurs [for a ruling regarding] a positive commandment involving a niddah? Because there is within it a negative commandment. Moreover, Rabbi Yehuda would say over a general rule regarding them: When an individual must bring a provisional guilt offering, the nasi (leader or prince) must do so as well, and the anointed [priest] and the court are exempt (Hor. 9a:10). [But when it comes to] a definite guilt offering, the nasi and the anointed [priest] are liable, and the court is exempt (ibid.).
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