The Scapegoat - Sa'ir la'Azazel / Sa'ir haMishtaleiach

The sair laShem - the goat offering brought in the Beit haMikdash

Lottery to choose which goat will go: Yoma 39a
Whether the lottery is necessary, or perhaps simply identifying the goats for their respective roles will suffice: Kiddushin 14a; Keritot 28a
The viduy prayer admitting sin, recited when bringing this scapegoat: Yoma 66a
For what sins does this korban atone: Keritot 25b
Forgiveness of the Kohanim via the scapegoat: Yoma 66a
Bringing the goat into the wilderness: Yoma 66a, 67a
Whether the bringer of the scapegoat need be a kohen: Yoma 66b; Keritot 14a
Whether the bringer of the scapegoat could be impure: Yoma 66b; Keritot 14a
Place of destruction of the scapegoat: Yoma 67b
Tying the tongue of scarlet on the goat: Shabbat 86a, Yoma 67a
R' Yochanan ben Zakkai's edicts regarding the placement of the tongue of scarlet: Rosh HaShanah 31b; Yoma 67a
The signal that the goat had reached the designated area: Yoma 68b
What happened to the tongue of scarlet during the final 40 years of the Beit haMikdash: Rosh HaShanah 31b

Requisite similarity of the scapegoat to the goat brought as an offering in the Beit haMikdash: Yoma 62a, 62b

Prohibition against benefit from the Scapegoat: Yoma 67a-b
Impurity of the kohen who brings the goat: Yoma 67b
Linking the laws of the metzora's bird offerings with the laws of the eglah arufah and the scapegoat, because all of these are brought outside the Beit haMikdash: Keritot 25a

What happens if someone dedicates a blemished animal for this offering: Yoma 63b; Temurah 6b
If the scapegoat becomes blemished, and is exchanged for a blemished animal: Temurah 6b-7a
Bringing of the goat before the Temple Era: Yoma 67b
Cases requiring a replacement goat: Yoma 63b
In cases requiring sanctification of a second set of goats, we use the usable animals from the first set, first: Yoma 62a, 64a
If the other Goat dies: Yoma 62a, 63b, 65a; Temurah 22a, 23a; Keritot 28a
If the Goat was under-age: Yoma 63b
If the Goat dies before its Mitzvah is performed: Yoma 62a, 63b, 65a; Zevachim 34b; Temurah 6b
Applying the principle of dichuy if the scapegoat or Sa'ir LaShem dies before it can be used: Yoma 62a, 63b, 65a; Zevachim 34b; Temurah 22a, 23a; Keritot 28a
Applying the principle of dichuy if the blood of the Sa'ir LaShem was spilled before being brought to the altar: Yoma 64b; Zevachim 34b
If the blood of the non-Scapegoat was lost before being brought to the altar: Temurah 22b
Slaughtering the goat outside the Temple: Yoma 62b; Temurah 6b
If one of the two goats was slaughtered before the lottery choosing which would be an offering and which would be the Scapegoat: Yoma 62b
Above case, where the goat was slaughtered outside the Temple: Yoma 62b
Use of the lottery-designated goat in the following year: Yoma 65b
Annulling the goat in a mixture: Temurah 28a


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