I'm asking because I was thinking about Christians no longer being under Mosaic law and thus not being required to offer animal sacrifices any longer since to us the Messiah already came and his sacrificial death did away with the need to offer them. But since Jews are still awaiting the Messiah, correct me if I'm wrong, but they're still under Mosaic law. And if so, they would still be required to offer such sacrifices. So, if you're Jewish, do you offer them? If not, why not? What released you from the obligation?
Thanks in advance for your serious answers. :)
2006-10-10 20:18:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
RW - Who was it revealed by? Please don't think I'm being rude or argumentative...I honestly am interested in knowing.
2006-10-10 20:27:45 · update #1
According to Torah, there is no reason why animal sacrifices were to stop. What the rabbis do is use the excuse that there is no Temple anymore. While it is true that one is to only offer where God places His name, which was the Temple in the old days, but just because there is no Temple doesn't mean God's commandment was put to the side.
Before the Second Temple, before Solomon's Temple, even before the Tabernacle, men like Abraham built altars in various places, dedicated solely to Elohim. God accepted these offerings then, and would accept them today, but the rabbis are afraid.
On the whole, yes, the entire Jewish nation will have to answer to the rabbis decision not to obey God commandments for burnt offerings. Just because there is no Temple doesn't release anyone from their obligation to God.
It funny, but the Christians have been taught wrong by the Church. Paul wasn't speaking of the Torah, the holy word of God, the Mosaic Law. He was speaking of the Takanot, the laws and reforms of the Pharisees that Christians were no longer under. The Grace he speaks about is only found in Torah, God's holy word. What the Church teaches should actually be this -
You are no longer under the laws of the Pharisees but under the grace of God's Torah.
2006-10-10 22:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by Reuben Shlomo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Modern Orthodox Jews (and other types of Orthodoxy) believe that animal sacrifices can *only* take place when the Messiah has restored the Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah makes that very clear. More liberal branches of Judaism like Reform and Conservative believe that we as a people have moved beyond animal sacrifice in terms of our development, regardless of the Temple's existence. The Temple is no longer necessary for us to do what we do as Jews (which does not involve animal sacrifice).
2016-03-28 04:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course not.
it was revealed to the rabbi's when the temple was destroyed, that the sacrifice itself, was not the point, but the honest repentance.
so instead, now on Yom Kippur, we generally/symbolically reenact the sacrificing ceremony, and repent.
though I've read some do some weird ritual with a chicken, but thats an... unusual thing.
edit: to below... umm, I'm jewish and thats exactly what I said, but making sense and sounding literate while doing so.
2006-10-10 20:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely not; Animal sacrifice was an ancient custom which no longer exits. It has been replaced in Judaism by prayer.
2006-10-11 06:25:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We would, but we need a Temple for them. So until we get our Temple back, we just recite the verses involved (See Hoshea 14:2).
2006-10-11 03:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by ysk 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not while the Holy Temple is not standing.
May it be rebuilt in our days.
2006-10-12 15:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOUR ANSWERS WHERE NOT FROM JEWS.
70 CE THEY STOPPED
NOW THEY PRAY
SOME PEOPLE IN ISREAL STILL DO TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
2006-10-10 20:47:06 · answer #7 · answered by funnana 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I know one and she doesnt
2006-10-10 20:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋