Question for the Jews: is there a ritual for forgiveness of sins?

Question

Since there is no sacrifice of animals in the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans, what Jews do in order to get remission of their sins? Is there any special service in a Synagoge?

Answer 1

its called prayer...

sacrifices were never used in history to as you say "get remission of sin"

if you look where it talks about sin sacrifice you will see it states that this is for an unintentional sin. You will not find any order for a sacrifice for an intentional sin.

The reason is that the point of the sacrifice was for a person to realize that they are being "replaced" by the animal and as a result this causes a person to repent and ask for forgiveness.


"Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy, and repenteth him of the evil" (Joel 2:13).



Though to answer your question in a different way yes there is a prayer service (that has always been in place). It is called Yom Kippur (translated as day of atonement) it happens once a year. And during that day one fasts, prays and reflects over the past year and tries to make any restitution's he needs to.

None of the above though removes sin for an action you do against another person. For that you must try to make amends for what you did.

Answer 2

Sacrifices were never used to get forgiveness of sins.

There was always this thing called teshuvah. Teshuvah has a few steps to it

1. Recognize the wrong and feel remorse for it. (you can't want to be sorry unless you regret what you did)
2. Ask forgiveness of your wrong of the person you have wronged (G-d or mortal, it has to be in person, and no one can do it for you)
3. try to right the wrong. (example, if you broke your neighbors pot, you must either fix it or buy another pot.)
4. resolve and actively try not to do the wrong again.

And gratvol is right about Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement where we stand before G-d and ask forgiveness of all our sins committed against Him and other sins not caught during the year/ Days of Awe leading up to Yom Kippur. Sort of a "catch all" day.

Peace.

Answer 3

Yom Kippur is the day for repenting of sins! Well, gratvol said it all because he's Jewish...I'm not, though!