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According to the Mishnah, the external goat atones for a case in which there was no awareness at the beginning but there was awareness at the end. The Talmud asks: And according to R' Yishmael, who says: For a case in which one did not have awareness at the beginning but did have awareness at the e
The Talmud challenges this answer: But for that case, the goats of the Festivals and the goats of the New Moons atone. The Talmud explains: He holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, who says: The atonement effected by all the goats offered as part the additional offerings, i.e., those of
The Talmud asks: But if R' Yishmael holds that the internal goat atones for a situation in which there was no awareness at all, with regard to what halakha does the Torah juxtapose the internal goat with the external goat? The Talmud explains: The juxtaposition teaches that just as the internal goat
§ The Mishnah teaches: For the defiling of the Temple or its sacrificial foods in which one did not have awareness, neither at the beginning nor at the end, the goats brought as sin-offerings as part of the additional offerings of the Festivals and the goats brought as sin-offerings as part of the