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130) It is written, “And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering.” “And … from the congregation of Israel,” to teach that they will take from everybody’s money and it will be pardoned for everyone, since all of Israel’s iniquities are hanging here, and all are pardoned by it. Therefore, it is not enough that they will take of the money of one person. They take from the money in the yard, and bring the goats from everyone’s money.
131) The goat that remained for the Creator is first made as a sin-offering, and everything is perfumed, and Israel remain innocent (not guilty) before the Creator from all the iniquities they had committed and sinned before Him, as it is written, “For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you.”
132) “And Jacob said to Rebecca, his mother, ‘Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.’” “Esau … is a hairy man” of that goat [“he-goat” and “hairy” are the same word in Hebrew] that is the Sitra Achra, since he comes from that side. “And I am a smooth man,” a man who is divided, from what he dispensed to the rest of the nations, their ministers and appointees [Halak means smooth, and Nehlak means divided]. It is written about it, “Which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples,” and it is also written, “For the portion of the Lord is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.”
Also, a smooth man comes from the two goats that were divided, and one part remained, which the priest divided—one for the lot of Jacob, and one for the Creator, so the goat would carry on its shoulders all of Jacob’s iniquities. It is written about it, “And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities,” which is the letters of Avonot Tam [iniquities of the whole], the iniquities of Jacob, who was called “a whole man.”
133) On that day, several doors are opened for Israel to receive their prayer. Happy are Israel, whom the Creator wishes to cleanse and purify, as it is written, “For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you.” On that day the priest crowns himself with several crowns. On that day the work of the priest is more honorable and sublime than all the works. He gave a portion to all in these offerings of the Creator. On that day, Hesed is crowned in the world through the priest, who sacrifices the offerings for the iniquities of the people. First he offers for his own iniquities, then for the iniquities of the people. He sacrifices offerings for himself and for the people.
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