Mesorat%20hashas for Horayot 2:2

הוֹרָה בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְעָשָׂה בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, מִתְכַּפֵּר לוֹ בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ. הוֹרָה עִם הַצִּבּוּר וְעָשָׂה עִם הַצִּבּוּר, מִתְכַּפֵּר לוֹ עִם הַצִּבּוּר, שֶׁאֵין בֵּית דִּין חַיָּבִים עַד שֶׁיּוֹרוּ לְבַטֵּל מִקְצָת וּלְקַיֵּם מִקְצָת, וְכֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ. וְלֹא בַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, עַד שֶׁיּוֹרוּ לְבַטֵּל מִקְצָת וּלְקַיֵּם מִקְצָת:

If he ruled for himself and transgressed by himself, he receives atonement by himself, [i.e., he must bring a bullock by himself.] If he ruled with the congregation [If he were one of the Sanhedrin, who ruled unwittingly], and he transgressed with the congregation, he receives atonement with [the bullock of forgetfulness] of the congregation, [and he does not require another offering. For I might think that just as on Yom Kippur he does not receive atonement with the congregation, it being written (Leviticus 16:11): "And he shall slaughter the bullock of the sin-offering which is his," here, too, he would need an offering of his own; we are, therefore, apprised that this is not so, deriving it from (Ibid. 4:3): "For his sin which he has sinned" — For the sin which is distinctive with him he brings an offering of his own, but for a sin which is not distinctive with him, he dos not bring an offering of his own. And it follows that the anointed priest should receive atonement with the congregation,[ for beth-din is not liable until it rules to nullify part and to fulfill part, and thus with the anointed priest, [whence it is seen that they equated the anointed priest with beth-din in all respects. Therefore, when he ruled with the congregation, it follows that he should be equated with the congregation and receive atonement with the congregation.] And they are not liable (to bring an offering) for idolatry until they rule to annul part and to fulfill part. [Because it is written in respect to the other mitzvoth (Leviticus 4:13): "and a thing be hid from the eyes of the congregation," and, in respect to idolatry (Numbers 15:24): "And it shall be, if by the eyes of the congregation, etc." — (we conclude:) Just as with other mitzvoth (an offering is brought) only if a thing were annulled and not the entire body (of the mitzvah), so, with idolatry, a "thing," and not the entire body.]

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