[א] "ומאת עדת בני ישראל" – שיהיו משל ציבור. "יקח…שעירי" – מיעוט שעירים שנים. אם כן למה נאמר "שני"? שיהיו שווים. ומנין שאף על פי שאינם שוים, כשרים? תלמוד לומר שעיר שעיר ריבה.
1) (Vayikra 16:5) ("And from the congregation of the children of Israel he shall take two he-goats for a sin-offering and one ram for a burnt-offering.") "And from the congregation of the children of Israel": They must be from (i.e., are funded by) the community. "he shall take two he-goats": The minimum of he-goats is two. Why, then, is it written "two"? That they be alike (in all respects). And whence is it derived that even if they are not alike, they are (nevertheless) valid? From "he-goat" (Vayikra 16:9); "he-goat" (Vayikra 16:10), (connoting de facto validity with) any he-goat.
[א] "ומאת עדת בני ישראל" – שיהיו משל ציבור. "יקח…שעירי" – מיעוט שעירים שנים. אם כן למה נאמר "שני"? שיהיו שווים. ומנין שאף על פי שאינם שוים, כשרים? תלמוד לומר שעיר שעיר ריבה.
1) (Vayikra 16:5) ("And from the congregation of the children of Israel he shall take two he-goats for a sin-offering and one ram for a burnt-offering.") "And from the congregation of the children of Israel": They must be from (i.e., are funded by) the community. "he shall take two he-goats": The minimum of he-goats is two. Why, then, is it written "two"? That they be alike (in all respects). And whence is it derived that even if they are not alike, they are (nevertheless) valid? From "he-goat" (Vayikra 16:9); "he-goat" (Vayikra 16:10), (connoting de facto validity with) any he-goat.