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Horayot 4: עָשׂוּ כָּל הַקָּהָל שׁוֹגְגִין – מְבִיאִין פַּר

jyungar September 5, 2025

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In the previous mishnah we learned that if the court issued an errant ruling and everyone acted erroneously in accord with that ruling, they bring a bull, as it says in Leviticus 4:14, “The congregation shall offer a bull of the herd as a sin offering.”

Our mishnah discusses who the “congregation” is that brings the bull. Throughout this mishnah we will read that there is a distinction made between sins involving idol worship and all other sins.

In the introduction to the tractate, we explained that the rabbis understood Leviticus 4 as referring to regular sins and Numbers 15:22-29 as referring to idol worship.

If the sin was idol worship, then the congregation brings a bull and a goat (Numbers 15:24). עָשׂוּ כָּל הַקָּהָל שׁוֹגְגִין – מְבִיאִין פַּר

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