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but it did not atone for him before Heaven, i.e., it is not accepted by God as a perfect offering.
Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah with regard to the purification process of a metzora (Nega’im 14:10): The verse states: “And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of the one that is to be purified, to make atonement for him before YHWH” (Leviticus 14:18). This teac
The Talmud comments: What is the meaning of the phrase: As though it did not atone for him? If we say that it is necessary for the metzora to bring another offering of oil, didn’t you say that whether the oil was placed on his head or whether it was not placed on his head, it atoned for him? Rather,
The Talmud rejects this suggestion: There too, with regard to the purification process of a metzora, one can explain that the oil atoned for one matter and did not atone for another: It atoned; in other words, the placement of oil on the metzora’s right thumb and big toe, which was performed, eff
The Talmud returns to the matter of atonement for transgressions committed after the offering’s designation. Come and hear another proof from a baraita: R' Shimon says: With regard to the communal peace offering of two lambs that accompanies the two loaves on Shavuot, for what sin are they brought?