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The Mishnah ruled that when the goat for Azazel dies another pair of goats is brought and a second lottery is cast. The Mishnah, however, was unclear which of the two “Hashem goats” will be offered and which will be sent to graze until it develops a blemish.
Rav maintains that the one from the first pair is offered and the one from the second pair is sent to graze, whereas R’ Yochanan holds that a goat from the first pair is sent to graze and a goat from the second pair is offered as the korban.
We examine chap 16 of Lev. and its textual reworking by Dr David Frankel followed by Rav Moshe Lichtenstein's analysis of the spiritual implication of the two goats and the goral, for our inner lives.