“The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.”�Ezekiel 18:20

“Prior to Creation, the Torah was asked, �"What should be done to the person who sins?" The Torah replied, "The soul that sins should die" (Pesikta de-Rav Kahana 24:7).”

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“Though the Torah declared that a sinner deserves the death penalty, God has infinite compassion and is always ready to receive the penitent. Out of His great love for us, He gave us the day of Yom Kippur, extending hope to all. Nevertheless, we cannot comprehend the depths of God's will. On Yom Kippur, when the Kohen Gadol was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies to effect forgiveness for the nation, he was not allowed to enter whenever he wished. As compassionate as God is, His ways are unfathomable to man (Likutey Halakhot IV, p. 208a-416).”

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“Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall take the two goats, and set them before HaShem at the door of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for HaShem, and the other lot for the scapegoat. Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for HaShem, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before HaShem, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.”�Leviticus 16:6-10

“The two goats on Yom Kippur, the Mitzvah is for them to be identical in appearance, size, and value, the two shall be chosen together.”�Mishnah Yoma 6:1, Yoma 62b

cited in Chabad.org 

“The mitzvah is to take two goats that are similar in age, height and appearance (Yoma 62a). Notwithstanding the fact that they are identical, one goat is dedicated to God and one is dispatched to Azazel. In the same way, falsehood can make itself look like truth, and one might not be able to differentiate between them. Therefore the goats were drawn by lots: the Jews relied on God to reveal which goat was for holiness and which was for the Other Side. We, too, must rely on God to show us the difference between falsehood and truth (Likutey Halakhot IV, p. 416).”

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"Do not follow the ways of the land of Egypt in which you dwelt, and do not follow the ways of the land of Canaan to which I am taking you. Do not walk in their statutes." (Leviticus 18:3) Do not follow the ways of the land of Egypt in which you dwelt, and do not follow the ways of the land of Canaan to which I am taking you.”

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“The ways of the nations are full of immorality and idolatry, which steer a person away from the truth, from the One God. And once a person strays from the truth, it becomes very difficult for him to return to it. Witness the nations that, having strayed from the truth, eventually embraced idolatry, immorality, adultery and incest. The main trap is immorality. Therefore the Torah states immediately after: "Observe My decrees and My laws" (Leviticus 18:4)–for these are the ways of truth (Likutey Halakhot IV, p. 416-418).”

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“R. Hiyya b. Abba stated: “The sons of Aaron died on the first of Nisan. Why then is their death mentioned in connection with the Day of Atonement? It must be to teach that as the Day of Atonement effects atonement, so the death of the righteous effects atonement.”�Leviticus Rabbah 20:12, Soncino Press Edition

א״ר חייא בר אבא בא׳ בניסן מתו בניו של אהרן ולמה מזכיר מיתתן ביום הכפורים אלא מלמד שכשם שיום הכפורים מכפר כך מיתתן של צדיקים מכפרת

“…Israel’s spilled blood contains many lofty and hidden matters, be it blood spilled through embarrassment or other, actual spilled blood. For there are very many fallen souls which have no elevation except through the spilled blood of Israel; [that] of a great individual. In some cases, they have no elevation except through actual spilled blood.”�Likutey Moharan II, 83:11, Breslov Research Institute, pg. 225

“There are certain sins for which the Kohen Gadol cannot effect forgiveness (see Yoma 86a). In this respect, a tzaddik is on a higher level than the Kohen Gadol, because the tzaddik can effect forgiveness for all sins (Likutey Halakhot I, pg. 163a).”

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“… suffering and pain may be imposed on a tzaddik (righteous person) as an atonement for his entire generation. This tzaddik must then accept this suffering with love for the benefit of his generation, just as he accepts the suffering imposed upon him for his own sake. In doing so, he benefits his generation by atoning for it, and at the same time is himself elevated to a very great degree. Such suffering also includes cases where a tzaddik suffers because his entire generation deserves great punishments, bordering on annihilation, but is spared via the tzaddik’s suffering. In atoning for his generation through his suffering, this tzaddik saves these people in this world and also greatly benefits them in the World-to-Come. . .”

“In addition, there is a special higher type of suffering that comes to a tzaddik who is even greater and more highly perfected than the ones discussed above. This suffering comes to provide the help necessary to bring about the chain of events leading to the ultimate perfection of mankind as a whole. … Beyond that, the merit and power of these tzaddikim is also increased because of such suffering, and this gives them even greater ability to rectify the damage of others. They can therefore not only rectify their own generation, but can also correct all the spiritual damage done from the beginning, from the time of the very first sinners.”�R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Derech Hashem, Translation by Aryeh Kaplan, Feldheim Publishers, pgs. 123-125

וְהוּא מְחֹלָל מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ מְדֻכָּ֖א מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ מוּסַר שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ עָלָ֔יו וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא־לָנוּ׃

But he was wounded because of our sins, crushed because of our iniquities. He bore the chastisement that made us whole, And by his bruises we were healed.

Isaiah 53:5, Sefaria.org

מֵעֹ֤צֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙ לֻקָּ֔ח וְאֶת־דּוֹר֖וֹ מִ֣י יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַ כִּ֤י נִגְזַר֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים מפֶּ֥שַׁע עַמִּ֖י נֶ֥גַע לָֽמוֹ׃ וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־רְשעִים֙ קִבְר֔וֹ וְאֶת־עָשִׁ֖יר בְּמֹתָ֑יו על לֹא־חָמָ֣ס עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א מִרְמָ֖ה בְּפִֽיו׃ וַיהֹוָ֞ה חָפֵ֤ץ דַּכְּאוֹ֙ הֶחֱלִ֔י אִם־תָּשׂים אָשָׁם֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ יִרְאֶ֥ה זֶ֖רַע יַאֲרִ֣יךְ יָמִ֑ים וְחֵ֥פֶץ יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּיָד֥וֹ יִצְלָֽח׃

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By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? ⁹ And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. ¹⁰ Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief, when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 53:8-10

“Since the Messiah bears our iniquities which produce the effect of His being bruised, it follows that whoso will not admit that the Messiah thus suffers for our iniquities, must endure and suffer for them himself.”

R’ Eliyahu deVidas, Reshit Chochmah, Shaar Qedushah 15:61

Cited in Isaiah 53 According to Jewish Interpreters, S.R. Driver and A. Neubauer, p. 331.

והוא מחולל מפשעינו מדוכא מעונותינו, והכונה שכמו שהמשיח סובל, העונות שלנו עושים לו שיהא מדוכא, אם כן מי שירצה שהמשיח לא יהיה מדוכא מעונותינו יסבול וידכה הוא בעצמו.

“if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Yeshua the Messiah, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.”�1 John 1:7