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Talmud for Leviticus 16:34

וְהָֽיְתָה־זֹּ֨את לָכֶ֜ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֗ם לְכַפֵּ֞ר עַל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתָ֔ם אַחַ֖ת בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ (פ)

And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year.’ And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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HALAKHAH: “The High Priest comes,” etc. From where the reading of the Chapter9But there is no claim that reading of any text other than Lev. 16 is a biblical commandment.? Rebbi Idi in the name of Rebbi Isaac10The two Medieval quotes of this passage, Tosaphot Yeshenim and Ritba, read R. Joḥanan. This was the scribe’s original text corrected by himself to: R. Isaac.: And he executed, what does the verse say? As the Eternal had commanded Moses11Lev. 16:34., from here the reading of the Chapter12Since the commandment to Moses was verbal, so the execution had to be verbal. The Babli 5b has a similar argument concerning the initiation rites of the Cohanim..
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