Pinchas 29:11 · unit 2 — outer goat and Yom Kippur atone for known-later tumah

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 29:11

The Complete Passuk

שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד חַטָּאת מִלְּבַד חַטַּאת הַכִּפֻּרִים וְעֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם׃

One goat as a sin-offering, besides the sin-offering of atonement and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their libations.

Chabad.org — 29:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Shevuos 2a

Sefaria — Shevuos 2a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יְדִיעוֹת הַטֻּמְאָה עַל מַה שֶּׁאֵין בָּהּ יְדִיעָה בַּתְּחִלָּה וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ יְדִיעָה בַּסּוֹף שָׂעִיר הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בַּחוּץ וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מְכַפֵּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר מִלְּבַד חַטַּאת הַכִּפֻּרִים.

English: Cases of tumah with no initial awareness but awareness at the end — the outer goat and Yom Kippur atone, as it is said “besides the sin-offering of atonement.”

Type of Learning

Scope of the outer chatas on Yom Kippur.

What Is Learned

It covers sanctuary tumah discovered only later.