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תשעים ריס, שבעה ומחצה לכל מיל. על כל סוכה וסוכה אומרין לו: הרי מזון, והרי מים. ומלוין אותו מסוכה לסוכה, חוץ מאחרון שבהן, שאינו מגיע עמו לצוק, אלא עומד מרחוק ורואה את מעשיו.
with a distance of 90 ris between them. As there are 7½ ris for each mil, the total distance was 12 mil. At each and every booth, people there say to him: Here is food; here is water, if you need it. And they escort him from booth to booth, except for the last person at the last booth, who does not reach the cliff with him. Rather, he stands from a distance and observes his actions to ensure that he fulfills the mitzva properly.
מה היה עושה? חולק לשון של זהורית חציו קשור בסלע, וחציו קשור בין שני קרניו. ודחפו לאחוריו, והוא מתגלגל ויורד. ולא היה מגיע לחצי ההר עד שנעשה אברים אברים. בא וישב לו תחת סוכה אחרונה עד שתחשך. ומאימתי מטמא בגדים — משיצא חוץ לחומת ירושלים, רבי שמעון אומר: משעת דחייתו לצוק.
What did the one designated to dispatch the goat do there? He divided a strip of crimson into two parts, half of the strip tied to the rock, and half of it tied between the two horns of the goat. And he pushed the goat backward, and it rolls and descends. And it would not reach halfway down the mountain until it was torn limb from limb. The one designated to dispatch the goat came and sat under the roofing of last booth until it grows dark and only then went home. And from what point are the garments of the man rendered impure, as it is stated that he is impure and his clothes requires immersion? From the moment he emerges outside the wall of Jerusalem. R' Shimon says: His clothes are rendered impure only from the moment that he pushes the goat from the cliff.
גמ׳ תנו רבנן: עשר סוכות, ושנים עשר מילין היו, דברי רבי מאיר. רבי יהודה אומר: תשע סוכות, ועשרה מילין. רבי יוסי אומר: חמש סוכות, ועשרה מילין היו. וכולן על ידי עירוב.
Talmud: A baraita states: There were 10 booths, and the distance between Jerusalem and the cliff was 12 mil; this is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yehuda says: There were 9 booths and the distance was 10 mil. R' Yosei says: There were 5 booths and the distance was 10 mil, and all of them were able to escort the one leading the goat by establishing a joining of boundaries [eiruv teḥumin] before Yom Kippur, allowing those at each booth to walk to the next booth.