The Midrash teaches that the very clothes that the Kohen Gadol wears bring about atonement and that each of his garments rectifies a specific sin. This Midrash includes a very paradoxical statement related to the sin of loshen harah, speaking evil of others. After stating that there is no atonement for loshen harah, the Midrash contradicts this by stating that the coat of the Kohen Gadol atones. The resolution of this paradox gives insight about the power of speech.

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