Rebecca's Two Goats and the Atonement of Yom Kippur

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 27:9

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"Go now to the flock and fetch me from there" (Genesis 27:9) — from what is mine, for it was hers by her marriage contract. "Two good kids of the goats" — good for you, to take the blessing, and good for your children, for through two goats Israel atone for their iniquities on the Day of Atonement.

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BlessingAtonementMatriarchs

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