Jewish people if sacrifice was made pre temple why not post temple?

Question

If God required sacrifice because he was righteous and required atonement for sin so as not to compromise his righteousness why isn't the sacrifice being practices today?

Suzanne you didn't read the question

R.W. I must respectfully disagree. It was an atonement If mere repentence was all that was necessary there need be no atonement. Atonement was necessary for God to remain righteous in forgiving sin. atonement isn't simply repenting but payment for sin.

gravtol: I fully understand the difference between repenting and atonement as for as atonement for sin being a silly notion take that up with God.

gratvol thanks for your definition of repentence heres websters definition of atonement..........1 obsolete : RECONCILIATION
2 : the reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ
3 : reparation for an offense or injury : SATISFACTION
4 Christian Science : the exemplifying of human oneness with God

Answer 1

first of all, you are operating under the premise that sacrifice is required to atone for sin - this is not a jewish belief. in the torah, animal sacrifices were used as a way to atone for unintentional, and ONLY unintentional sins committed that you were unaware of. this is a very small fraction of sins.

and secondly, animal sacrifice is only allowed to be made in the jewish temple, which was destroyed nearly two thousand years ago.

here is a good summary, click on the link below to read the whole details:

"IN SHORT... If one believed that a blood sacrifice was necessary before God would forgive you, then even one example where God forgave without a blood sacrifice would prove that this idea is UnBiblical. There are many such examples, but the most interesting is found in the Book of Leviticus. The reason this is so interesting is that it comes right in the middle of the discussion of sin sacrifices, which is found in the first chapters. In Leviticus 5:11-13, it states, "If, however, he cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, he is to bring as an offering for his sin a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering." One can also see that one does not need a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins in the Book of Jonah 3:10. There, the Bible simply states that God saw the works of the people of Ninevah. Specifically it says that the works God saw were that they stopped doing evil, and so God forgave them. There are plenty of other examples, and the idea that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins is UnBiblical."

Answer 2

As others have said- you don't have to be a Rabbi to lead services, or even to lead a community (I have ended up as the default religious community leader for a small local community thoiugh I am only there every second shabbos, we have a group of three others who alternate with me.) What can't I do as a non-Rabbi? There are a few things: 1) I do not have the authority to pasken (give decisions) on questions of jewish law. When these are asked, unless the answer is very simple and does not involve a simple a possible transgression, I take to a Rabbi to pass his decision back to the community 2) I cannot perform a marriage- not for a religious reason, but for a civil one. In South Africa Rabbis and Priests are considered to be a Justice of the Peace and able to perform marriages with civil validity, but since I am not Rabbi and not a Justice of the Peae otherwise I cannot perform a marriage with civil as well as religious validity. There are other functions that non-Rabbis generally do not do though there is not a halachic, but rather a community and social issue involved: 1) carrying out Bar Mitzvahs 2) conducting a burial service 3) conducting the Brit Milah service When small communities need something done that requires a Rabbi, either they will approach someone they know and are friendly with to help or hire someone on a temporary basis

Answer 3

once the temple was built it was the only place once could sacrifice because it had established itself as the perminate home of sacrifices for the Jewish people. Even between the times of the First and Second temple sacrifices were not practiced. Also what is required is not nessicarly the temple its self but access to the area of the alter on the temple mount.

And one more thing if you read in pre history of Temple period when the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle were in one place that was the only place the Nation could offer sacrifices only when they were separate could one offer private sacrifices.

as for your silly notion that sarifice is required for atonement of sin please read this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance#The_view_of_the_Biblical_prophets

Answer 4

God is perfect, that perfection could not be "compromised" no matter what. thats kinda part of the whole "ineffable" thing.

before the temple when there were sacrifices, there was the ark, and an arrangement of tents and such acting as a makeshift portable housing in which it could be done in.

but the bottom line is that the actual sacrifice never did anything but signify... represent, the repentance of the people.

repenting is the important part.

and on yom kippur we do (generally) go through the gestures of the temple sacrifice in a memorial type way.

Answer 5

Read Deuteronomy 14. Before the Temple was built, people could have backyard altars. However, know that the Temple was already built, they are not allowed, even though we have no Temple. For our atonement, see Hoshea 14:2.

Answer 6

Our Creator never required animal sacrifice. That is a pagan
tradition based on the fact our spirits first entered the material
plane to live in physical beasts. They wanted to enjoy the carnal
pleasures like eating, sleeping, and sex, and got trapped here
by the forces that create this material world.
Through the vanity of his mind. Man thought he could make up
for this screw-up, by sacrificing animals. And they wouldn't
stop doing it. Isaiah (almost the last chapter, about sacrifices).
That which we call God, tried to clean this practice up. Using
the priests and purification rituals. Then the final blood sacrifice,
Jesus Christ.
Blood in the Book is in fact symbolic for ones PERSONAL
spiritual power. We must shed OUR BLOOD, all the negative
spiritual energy within, because it cannot EXIST in the
Higher Planes.

Answer 7

The original Jewish temple was destroyed (by either the Romans or the Muslims - can't remember which). Without the temple, there can be no sacrifices.

Answer 8

It was the job of the Levites to perform sacrifices, the majority that remained in Judah were the tribe of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin.

Answer 9

According to the Law, sacrifices can only be made in the Temple. Since there's no Temple, there are no sacrifices.

Peace.

Answer 10

It is in some places. In most though sacrifice is banned by the government. Animal abuse and all.