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Yoma 66: איש עתי, a “Man for the Hour”

jyungar June 17, 2021

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The High Priest would then go to the goat sent to Azazel, lean on it with both his hands, and say another confession, similar to the one above "Please, God, forgive your nation.

He handed the Azazel goat to the person appointed to lead it to the cliff. Anyone could lead it, but the custom was that only a Kohen did it. They have built a ramp that led from the Temple Courtyard to outside the city of Jerusalem, for leading the goat. It was constructed because of the Babylonians who would pull his hair and say to him, "Take our sins and go!"

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