1)

Why does the Torah repeat the word "ve'ha'Sa'ir?

1.

Yoma, 62b: Refer to 16:5:1:1. To teach us that if they cannot find two identical goats, they are permitted to take two goats that are not identical.

2)

Why does the Torah insert thge (Otherwise superfluous) word "asher Alah alav ha'Goral la'Hashem"?

1.

Yoma. 40b: To teach us that once he places the lot on the goat's head he may remove it, and does not need to leave it there until the goat has been Shechted. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 40.

3)

Why does the Torah insert the word "Ya'amod Chai"?

1.

Rashi and Targum Yonasan: To extrapolate from it that it would be sent to its death. 1


1

Since the Pasuk gives no other indication as to what happens to it after it is sent to the desert (Rashi).

4)

Up to which point must the Sa'ir la'Azazel remain alive?

1.

Yoma, 65a: Until the blood of the Sa'ir la'Hashem has been sprinkled. 1


1

As implied by the word "Lechaper alav"44.. See Torah Temimah, note 43. Refer also to 16:21:0.1:1.

5)

What happened to the goat when it was sent into the desert?

1.

Rashi and Targum Yonasan: Refer to 16:10:1:1*.

2.

Rashbam: It was sent to join the other goats that graze in the desert. 1


1

Like the live bird of the Metzora that was sent away to freedom (See Vayikra 14:7 [Rashbam]).

6)

What does the Torah mean when it writes "Lechaper alav"?

1.

Rashi: It means that Aharon said Viduy 1 on behalf of Yisrael over the goat.


1

See Sifsei Chachamim.

7)

Why does the Torah insert the word "Midbar' three times, once here, once in Pasuk 21 and once in Pasuk 22?

1.

Yoma, 67b: To obligate the Din of Sa'ir la'Azazel in Nov and Giv'on, in Shilah and in the Beis-Hamikdash. 1


1

See Torah Tmimah, note 45.

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