Daily Talk
Two witnesses tell a man he ate forbidden fat and he answers that he is certain he did not, and the Rambam exempts him. His neighbor is told the same thing, says nothing at all, and owes a sacrifice. Why does denial go free while silence costs an animal?
What Counts as One Mistake
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About This Talk
Shegagot 3 works out who is believed about his own sin, what happens when a sin-offering is designated for the wrong transgression, whose offering is refused at the gate, and what Yom Kippur does and does not wipe away. Chapter 4 counts how many sacrifices one act can generate when several prohibitions land on it at once, and chapter 5 draws the seam between one lapse of awareness and the next. Together they price atonement not by the damage done but by how many separate times a person managed to forget.