A question for Jews?

Question

The torah instructs blood sacrifice to attone for sins. I assume Jews no longer do this. Why? When was the practice stopped?

Answer 1

Okay. I am a real Jew, unlike any Messianics screaming the name of Y*shuah everywhere. And the Torah, even though it instructs blood sacrifice, it is not necessarily to atone for sins. It's complicated in that regard. A man without a bull to sacrifice was as much forgiven of his sins as the man with a red heifer. We no longer perform sacrifices because our Temple was destroyed for the second time in 70 c.e., and sacrifices can ONLY be performed in the Temple.

And sacrifices were NEVER human. Sacrifices could only be certain types of kosher animals...you could almost call them "superkosher" because they were subject to a higher degree of cleanliness. Humans aren't even kosher on the first level, and apart from that, G-d Himself says that "human sacrifice is abhorred by Me."

Answer 2

The practice ended when the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE (Common Era). The Rabbis of the time believed that since the Torah specifically commandedthat sacrifices be held "at the Temple" and the Temple no longer existed, that the animal sacrifices could no longer be conducted. Instead, they reexamined the Torah and Oral Law and taught people to sacrifice through word and deed.

Answer 3

There was a very strict procedure for sacrificing and all sacrifices had to be made at the Temple by the sinner himself. Other cultures of the time practiced human sacrifice, by this practice was strictly forbidden to God's Chosen People. They were limited to grains, oils, little critters, etc. -- NEVER a human. The only part of the sacrifice meant for God was the aroma. The blood had to be totally drained from any animal before being BBQ'd in order to present a pleasing odor for God. The sacrifices themselves were meant to feed the Levites who weren't given any land and thus had no means to support themselves (similar to support for priests and nuns?). Sacrifices were no longer possible after the destruction of the 2nd Temple in the year 70 CE, and were therefore replaced by prayer. The Temple altar has been replaced by the dining room table where most Jewish rituals and traditions take place.

Christians seem to mistake sacrificing for forgiveness or salvation. Jews have always received God's forgiveness whenever asked, with one caveat: the sinner must have received forgiveness from anyone he has sinned against, must have made amends, and must show sincerity that he will not sin again before he can ask for forgiveness from God.
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Answer 4

Ok, I'm not Jewish but I'll try to answer! They don't sacrifice animals to atone for sins anymore because the Temple was destroyed! And that's where all the sacrifices would tak place! So now they repent for their sins on Yom Kippur! I imagine it stopped after about 70AD when the Temple was destroyed for the second time.

Hope this helped!

Answer 5

One meaning of "Jew" is Yahudim (Worshipers of YHVH). I do not participate in blood sacrifice because A the temple (where those sacrifices were to have been done) was destroyed. and B. The blood of the Messiah YAHOSHUA filled that requirement totally. (See Rev. 2:9 and Rev. 3:9 concerning those who say they are "Jews" and are not). Another meaning of "Jew" is someone living in Judea, and they of course would have various reasons why they do or don't do various things. See John 8:33 for an insight on how these things fit together. Remember that ALL of the "children of promise" the descendants of Isaac were in "captivity" in Egypt at one point, so if your ancestors were NOT in captivity, you are not a descendant from the child of promise.