“The real scapegoat in the temple service of Yom Kippur had to be a MALE goat.Hence, the next time you hear women being blamed for all the ills, remind him that a female is Pasul (not valid) for the scapegoat.”
EXCELLENT point!
“talmidei chachomim who disrespected each other” was the cause of the plague against Rabbi Akiba’s students.”
Thank you Josh, for the correction. I actually realized that myself once eventually when I re-read what I wrote. The sinas chinam which caused the churban bayis sheini however, was precipitated by the Kamtza-Bar Kamtza debacle, and the principal characters were male, so I was still in the ball park.