Horayot 9B

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If so, these two passages are difficult, as they contradict one another.

Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: This is not difficult, as there is a distinction between the rulings. Here, in the passage that deems the anointed priest liable in cases other than the defiling the Temple, it is in the case of an offering brought due to poverty, whereas there, in the latte

§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Shimon says: But an anointed High Priest is not liable for the defiling of the Temple or its sacrificial foods. Ḥizkiyya said: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Shimon? It is as it is written with regard to one who becomes ritually impure and enters the Temple:

The Talmud asks: If so, a king too, should be exempt, as his offering does not equal the offering of the congregation, as he brings a goat. The Talmud answers: Even so, the king equals the congregation in the atonement of Yom Kippur, as his atonement is achieved by means of the same offerings thr

The Talmud challenges: The anointed priest, too, equals the congregation with regard to atonement for the rest of the mitzvot of the entire year. Rather, Rava said: Say this: One whose sin-offering equals that of individuals. And who are these individuals? They are the congregation. The status of a