## Yoma Daf 62a

###### Yoma 62a:1
[Yoma 62a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Yoma/r/62a:1)

וְכִי עֶדְרוֹ שׂוֹרֵף? מִי דָּמֵי — הָתָם לָא כְּתִיב ״אוֹתוֹ״, הָכָא כְּתִיב ״אוֹתוֹ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And does he burn his flock?** The Torah obligated him to burn only one goat, and yet there are times when he must burn several, as stated in the mishna. Rabbi Naḥman retorts: **Is it comparable? There,** with respect to burning the goats, **it is not written: “It,”** which would restrict the burning to only one animal, whereas **here,** with regard to the scapegoat, **it is written: “It,”** which indicates that one animal alone is sent away. The objection has been refuted and indeed only one scapegoat is used.


###### Yoma 62a:2
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אִיתְּמַר, רַב פַּפִּי מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא אָמַר: רִאשׁוֹן מְשַׁלֵּחַ, וְרַב שִׁימִי מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא אָמַר: אַחֲרוֹן מְשַׁלֵּחַ. בִּשְׁלָמָא רַב שִׁימִי (בַּר אָשֵׁי) מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא, דְּאָמַר אַחֲרוֹן מְשַׁלֵּחַ — קָסָבַר: הוֹאִיל וְגָמַר בּוֹ כַּפָּרָה. אֶלָּא רַב פַּפִּי מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא, מַאי קָסָבַר? סָבַר לַהּ כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי, דְּאָמַר: מִצְוָה בָּרִאשׁוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **It was stated** that *amora’im* disagreed about the following issue. **Rav Pappi said in the name of Rava: He sends the first** goat; **and Rav Shimi said in the name of Rava: He sends the last** of them. The Gemara analyzes the matter: **Granted,** according to the opinion of **Rav Shimi bar Ashi in the name of Rava, who said** that **he sends the last** of them, it works out well, as **he** probably **holds** as stated above, that the last goat is used, **since** the **atonement is completed with it. However,** with regard to **Rav Pappi in the name of Rava, what does he hold?** The Gemara answers: **He holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei,** who said that when several identical items are available for a mitzva, the **mitzva is** performed **with the first** of them.


###### Yoma 62a:3
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הֵי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי? אִילֵּימָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי דְּקוּפּוֹת, דִּתְנַן (רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר): שָׁלֹשׁ קוּפּוֹת שֶׁל שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ סְאִין שֶׁבָּהֶם תּוֹרְמִין אֶת הַלִּשְׁכָּה, וְהָיָה כָּתוּב עֲלֵיהֶם אב״ג.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: To **which** of the *halakhot* of **Rabbi Yosei** is this referring? From which of Rabbi Yosei’s statements is this conclusion derived? **If we say** it is the statement of **Rabbi Yosei** with regard to **containers,** this is problematic. **As we learned** in a mishna that **Rabbi Yosei says:** There were **three containers of three *se’a* each, with which they collect the donation from the chamber.** Every year the money donated to the Temple by the people in the month of Adar was placed in a special chamber. The treasurers subsequently filled three containers with these coins and used the funds to purchase the communal offerings, e.g., the daily offerings and the additional offerings for Festivals. **And** the letters ***alef*, *beit*, *gimmel* were written on the** containers.


###### Yoma 62a:4
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וְתַנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: לָמָּה כָּתוּב עֲלֵיהֶן אב״ג — לֵידַע אֵיזֶה מֵהֶן נִתְרְמָה רִאשׁוֹן, לְהָבִיא הֵימֶנָּה רִאשׁוֹן, שֶׁמִּצְוָה בָּרִאשׁוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And it was taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Yosei said: Why were** the letters ***alef*, *beit*, *gimmel* written on them?** It was **to ascertain** from **which of them the donation was collected first,** so that they could **bring** the money **from it first, as** the **mitzva is** to use the coins **of the first** container. This apparently proves that according to the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, it is a mitzva to use the first item.


###### Yoma 62a:5
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דִּילְמָא בְּעִידָּנָא דְּאִיתְחֲזַאי קַמַּיְיתָא, לָא אִיתְחֲזַאי בָּתְרָיְיתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: This is no proof, as **perhaps at the time when the first** container **was fit to be used, the last was not** yet **fit to be used.** When the first container was brought it was fit and designated for the offerings, whereas the coins in the second container had not yet been collected, and therefore the coins in the first container must be used first as they were sanctified first. Here, however, the scapegoat is consecrated only when its pair is sacrificed, and therefore the two cases are dissimilar.


###### Yoma 62a:6
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אֶלָּא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי דְּפֶסַח (דִּתְנַן): הַמַּפְרִישׁ פִּסְחוֹ וְאָבַד, וְהִפְרִישׁ אַחֵר תַּחְתָּיו, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִמְצָא הָרִאשׁוֹן, וַהֲרֵי שְׁנֵיהֶן עוֹמְדִין — אֵי זֶה מֵהֶן שֶׁיִּרְצֶה יַקְרִיב, דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: מִצְוָה בָּרִאשׁוֹן, וְאִם הָיָה שֵׁנִי מוּבְחָר מִמֶּנּוּ — יְבִיאֶנּוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** the principle that one uses the first item is derived from the statement of **Rabbi Yosei with regard to the Paschal offering, as it was taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **one who separated** a sheep for **his Paschal offering and** the sheep **was lost, and he separated another** sheep **in its stead, and afterward the first** sheep **was found, and they both stand** before him, **he sacrifices whichever of them he wants;** this is **the statement of the Rabbis. Rabbi Yosei says:** The **mitzva** is performed **with the first** sheep. **And if the second was** of **superior** quality **to it, he brings** the second sheep. This proves that according to Rabbi Yosei, if there are two animals equally fit for an offering, one brings the animal that was chosen first.


###### Yoma 62a:7
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ הוֹצִיאוּ לוֹ**


###### Yoma 62a:8
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**שְׁנֵי שְׂעִירֵי** יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים — מִצְוָתָן שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶן שָׁוִין בַּמַּרְאֶה וּבַקּוֹמָה וּבַדָּמִים וּבִלְקִיחָתָן כְּאֶחָד. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין שָׁוִין — כְּשֵׁרִין. לָקַח אֶחָד הַיּוֹם וְאֶחָד לְמָחָר — כְּשֵׁרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **The mitzva of the two Yom Kippur goats,** the goat sacrificed to God and the goat sent to Azazel that are brought as a pair, **is** as follows, *ab initio*: **That they will both be identical in appearance,** i.e., color, **and in height, and in monetary value, and their acquisition** must be **as one,** i.e., they must be purchased together. **And even if they are not identical,** nevertheless, **they are valid.** And similarly, if **he acquired one today and one tomorrow, they are valid.**


###### Yoma 62a:9
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מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶם, אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא הִגְרִיל מֵת — יִקַּח זוּג לַשֵּׁנִי. וְאִם מִשֶּׁהִגְרִיל מֵת — יָבִיא זוּג אַחֵר וְיַגְרִיל עֲלֵיהֶם בַּתְּחִילָּה,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **one** of the goats **died, if it died before** the High Priest **drew the lots, he** immediately **takes a counterpart for the second,** since neither has yet been designated. **And if it died after** the High Priest **drew the lots, he brings another pair** of goats **and draws lots over them from the start.**


###### Yoma 62a:10
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וְיֹאמַר: אִם שֶׁל שֵׁם מֵת — זֶה שֶׁעָלָה עָלָיו הַגּוֹרָל לַשֵּׁם יִתְקַיֵּים תַּחְתָּיו, וְאִם שֶׁל עֲזָאזֵל מֵת — זֶה שֶׁעָלָה עָלָיו הַגּוֹרָל לַעֲזָאזֵל יִתְקַיֵּים תַּחְתָּיו. וְהַשֵּׁנִי יִרְעֶה עַד שֶׁיִּסְתָּאֵב, וְיִמָּכֵר, וְיִפְּלוּ דָּמָיו לִנְדָבָה, שֶׁאֵין חַטַּאת צִבּוּר מֵתָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: תָּמוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
After that lottery **he utters** a stipulation: **If** the one to be sacrificed **to God died, that** goat **upon which the lot for God** was drawn in the second lottery **shall stand in its stead; and if** the one to be sent **to Azazel died, that** goat **upon which the lot for Azazel** was drawn **shall stand in its stead. And the second,** superfluous goat, i.e., in the case where a new pair of goats was brought, **should graze until it becomes unfit,** at which point **it will be sold, and the money** received from **its** sale **will go toward** the purchase of **a** public **gift-offering.** Although for individual sin-offerings in similar circumstances there is no remedy and it is left to die, that is not the case here, **as a communal sin-offering** is **not** left **to die.** On the other hand, **Rabbi Yehuda says:** In this **it should** be left to **die.**


###### Yoma 62a:11
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וְעוֹד אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: נִשְׁפַּךְ הַדָּם — יָמוּת הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ. מֵת הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ — יִשָּׁפֵךְ הַדָּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore, Rabbi Yehuda said:** If **the blood** of the goat sacrificed to God **spilled** before it was sprinkled, **the scapegoat** is left **to die.** Similarly, **if the scapegoat dies, the blood** of the goat sacrificed to God **should be spilled,** and two other goats are brought and lots are drawn.