What is the role of the tzitz? In this article, Rabbi Yaakov Medan explains that the tzitz comes to bring about God's favorable acceptance of the sacrifices, even if mishaps occurred while they were being offered. Referencing Biblical and Talmudic sources, Rabbi Medan lists the specific types of sins for which the tzitz atones - for the altar and for the ritually impure sacrifices brought upon it, as well as for the impudence and brazenness that led to the desecration of God's name at the altar with a false oath.

Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion