The scapegoat was a goat that was designated (Hebrew: לַעֲזָאזֵֽל) la-'aza'zeyl; "for absolute removal" (for symbolic removal of the people's sins with the literal removal of the goat), and outcast in the desert as part of the Yom Kippur Temple service, that began during the Exodus with the original Tabernacle and continued through ...

2020年4月29日 · In the scapegoat ritual of Yom Kippur and the bird ritual of the metzora, sin/impurity is transferred onto an animal and it is sent away. These biblical examples have many parallels in Eblaite, Hittite, Ugaritic, and Neo-Assyrian apotropaic rituals. | Dr. Noga Ayali-Darshan

Why was this ritual different from all other sin or guilt offerings? Why two goats rather than one? The simplest answer is that the High Priest’s service on Yom Kippur was intended to achieve something other and more than ordinary sacrifices occasioned by sin.

2023年12月10日 · The goat ritual, or just “going with the goat,” as the locals say, is an old ritual specific to today’s Romania and Republic of Moldova. Documented by the Moldavian chronicler Dimitrie...

The Scapegoat Ritual is a significant component of the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, as described in the Old Testament. This ritual is detailed in Leviticus 16 and serves as a profound symbol of atonement and the removal of sin from the community of Israel.

Scapegoat, in the Yom Kippur ritual described in Leviticus, goat ritually burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. It was sent into the wilderness for Azazel, an evil spirit, while another was slain in sacrifice to God.

But pondering the "two goats" ritual before Yom Kippur (and anticipating its recollection during the day’s prayer-service), a thought occurs, and it may bear particular import for our times. There are two ways to view human life, as mutually exclusive as they are fundamental.

The ritual involves two goats. One goat is sacrificed as a sin offering to the Lord, symbolizing the payment for the sins of the people. The second goat, known as the scapegoat, is used to symbolically carry the sins of the Israelites away from the camp.

He shall then slaughter the people’s goat of sin offering, bring its blood behind the curtain, and do with its blood as he has done with the blood of the bull: he shall sprinkle it over the cover and in front of the cover.

2022年1月4日 · “Azazel” or “the scapegoat” is mentioned in Leviticus 16 as part of God’s instructions to the Israelites regarding the Day of Atonement. On this day, the high priest would first offer a sacrifice for his sins and those of his household; then he …