Pinchas 28:30 · unit 1 — Atzeres goat lacks “for a sin-offering” — as if you never sinned

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 28:30

The Complete Passuk

שְׂעִיר עִזִּים אֶחָד לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם׃

One goat to make atonement for you.

Chabad.org — 28:30

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 4:8

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 4:8

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַבִּי מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי אִידָא, בְּכָל הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת כְּתִיב שָׂעִיר לְחַטָּאת וּבַעֲצֶרֶת אֵין כְּתִיב לְחַטָּאת, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁקִּבַּלְתֶּם עֲלֵיכֶם עוֹל תּוֹרָה מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם כְּאִלּוּ לֹא חֲטָאתֶם מִיָּמֵיכֶם.

English: R. Mesharshiya said in the name of R. Ida: in all the offerings “a goat for a sin-offering” is written, and on Atzeres it is not written “for a sin-offering.” The Holy One said to Yisrael: once you accepted the yoke of Torah upon yourselves, I account it for you as if you had never sinned.

Type of Learning

Omission of “chatas” on Shavuos.

What Is Learned

Receiving the Torah reframes the goat without the usual sin label.