2006-12-08 05:24:49 · 10 answers · asked by sktallone 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They don't.
2006-12-08 05:25:48 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
They follow the yellow brick road.
OK, I'm being a bit facetious. But there is a process called 'teshuva' or returning which has always been in place.
Most of the sacrifices had nothing to do with remediation of sin. Some were for communal sins. For personal sins the sacrifices were only the final step for certain unintentional sins, anyway....not for most transgressions.
The process is simple in design, if not so simple in practice (for which the Wizard of Oz makes for a great allegory).
1. Recognition that a sin was committed and its cause (Scarecrow's Brain)
2. Internalizing the harm that was done (Tin Man's Heart)
3. Resolving not to repeat (Lion's courage)
4. Asking for forgiveness (from God if the sin was against Him or from the person sinned against) - (The Wizard)
5. Restitution and/or removing the impulse (Killing the witch)
6. Going Home (ruby slippers)
Another aspect of the sacrifices that goes unnoticed by most. There is a concept in Judaism that when a person does teshuva, the sins are 'transformed' into merits for that person. The process of teshuva and the sacrifice at the end (when necessary) demonstrates this with the sacrifice, which is the fulfillment of several biblical commandments, being the epitome of a sin being turned into merit as all the commandments and good things that came from the teshuva process would not have come into being if not for the sin in the first place.
Without the Temple, the sacrifices are omitted from the process...but it is only a small part of it and only for some unintentional sins against God. And as God saw fit to take away the altar, for the time being, He also sees fit to grant complete forgiveness in its absence.
This goes hand in hand with other periods when there was no altar and the people were forgiven. For example, during the 70 years of the exile after the destruction of the First Temple, there were no sacrifices, yet the people merited to be restored to their land. When the Greeks sacked the Temple prior to the Chanukah story, likewise the people were restored to the Temple.
Bottom line: God does not present us with situations for which there is no answer. He set up the sacrificial system and foretold of times when it would not be available. In those times, He tells us, that there will be other ways to attain the atonement of the altar. We practice those methods today, and always have.
2006-12-08 13:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We pray/daven:
When the Holy "Altar" or Bet Mikdash was destroyed, some of the big rabbis (like the Ari"zal) wrote down prayers that we should say in place of sacrificing animals.
2006-12-09 18:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by וואלה 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same as Christians by asking Jesus to help them in Roman 10:9-10. Jesus is the only way to receive forgiveness any question you can email me.
2006-12-08 13:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by tkdmaster 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Judaism is focused on the personal responsibility of the wrongdoer. It is the wrongdoer's responsibility to recognize their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness from those who have been harmed.
2006-12-08 13:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The altar is in our hearts.
2006-12-08 13:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easy we acknowledge we sinned, we feel remorse, we ask forgiveness and we do not do it again.
2006-12-08 13:47:03 · answer #7 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
prayer. ask forgiveness from other people too.
2006-12-08 13:26:25 · answer #8 · answered by a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prayer. And Yom Kippur.
Oh....accepting Christ and being Baptized as a Christian works best.
2006-12-08 13:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
i am not sure why not ask a rabbi that lives in your area
2006-12-08 13:28:18 · answer #10 · answered by becky w 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋