Topics covered:
Chapter 3, Mishna 7, Chapter 4, Mishna 1 The world ends if there are no righteous people in it, but stands even if there is only one. The High Priest Shimon the Righteous elevated the whole nation. When we do good Heaven assists us in doing more good, when we do evil, Heaven provides us an opportunity to do more evil. On Yom Kippur, the High Priest would publically draw lots for the two he-goats, one for God as a sin-offering, the other sent into the wilderness to a place called Azazel as the scapegoat bearing our sins away.