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Sources explore the symbolic and theological significance of the two identical goats designated on Yom Kippur — one for God and one for Azazel — and how their lottery-determined fate represents the moment where moral divergence begins from a single undifferentiated point. Rabbinic and Hasidic interpretations connect this ritual to concepts of sin removal, divine judgment, and spiritual transformation.
שְׁנֵיהֶן שָׁוִין בְּמַרְאֶה וּבְקוֹמָה וּבִדְמִים
