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וכי עדרו שורף? מי דמי — התם לא כתיב ״אותו״, הכא כתיב ״אותו״.
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 Mishnah. R' 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.
איתמר, רב פפי משמיה דרבא אמר: ראשון משלח, ורב שימי משמיה דרבא אמר: אחרון משלח. בשלמא רב שימי (בר אשי) משמיה דרבא, דאמר אחרון משלח — קסבר: הואיל וגמר בו כפרה. אלא רב פפי משמיה דרבא, מאי קסבר? סבר לה כרבי יוסי, דאמר: מצוה בראשון.
§ 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 Talmud 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 Talmud answers: He holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, who said that when several identical items are available for a mitzva, the mitzva is performed with the first of them.
הי רבי יוסי? אילימא רבי יוסי דקופות, דתנן (רבי יוסי אומר): שלש קופות של שלש שלש סאין שבהם תורמין את הלשכה, והיה כתוב עליהם אב״ג.
The Talmud asks: To which of the halakhot of R' Yosei is this referring? From which of R' Yosei’s statements is this conclusion derived? If we say it is the statement of R' Yosei with regard to containers, this is problematic. As we learned in a Mishnah that R' Yosei says: There were 3 containers of 3 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 3 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.