when did the Jews stop doing ritualized animal sacrifice as atonement for sins?

Question

what rituals have taken the place of animal sacrifice in the Orthodox/Hassidic community?

Answer 1

After the building of the temple by King Solomon, the Shekhina (Divine Presence) came to reside in the Holy of Holies on the Temple Mount- from that point onwards it was forbidden to offer sacrifices anywhere but on the altar on the Temple Mount. Thus with the destruction of the Temple in 70CE the sacrifices stopped.

This does not affect the receiving of atonment. Even with a sacrifice, merely slaughtering an animal is ineffective if not accompanied by the required intention to repent and to no longer sin. On top of that, even with a sacrifice blood was not required- if a poor person could not afford an animal or bird sacrifice they could offer a flour sacrifice (consisting of flour and oil) instead. Indeed, even in temple times prayer on its own, combined with atonement and the doing of good deeds was considered sufficient for atonement.

Today, we are reminded of the requirements for atonement in prayer, charity and good deeds when we recite the prayer "Unetaneh Tokef" on Yom Kippur.

Answer 2

When the temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. There is a group now trying to restore the temple and the sacrifices-"The Temple Mount and the Land of Israel Faithful Movement" Check out their web site. The above will take you there.

Answer 3

Animal sacrifices in Judaism basically occurred interior the Temple in Jerusalem and in the previous that interior the Tabernacle. notwithstanding, as we no longer longer have a Temple (or Tabernacle) the animal sacrifices at the instantaneous are not performed. even as the Temple is rebuilt (even as the messiah comes) then sacrifices will resume. We believe the former testomony to be a heavily edited translation of the Tanakh (the Torah is basically the first 5 books). there are loads of mistranslations interior the Christian version (specifically to ensure that it type of feels to predict the arriving of Jesus - the most of favourite of that is Isaiah the position it mistranslates a observe meaning "youthful female" as "virgin").

Answer 4

Animal sacrifice basically terminated in about 66 AD when the temple was burned and torn apart by Roman Soldiers during the conquest and sacking of Jerusalem.

Answer 5

Basically at the end of the second Temple.
In the palce of animal sacrifice is prayer and recitations of the offerings.

It is mentioned widely in scripture that the essance of sacrificing an animal was not the sactifice itself, but the repentance that came along with it. Without repentance, it was nothing.

Answer 6

I imagine having the Temple completely destroyed, to the point where one stone was not to be sitting on another, kind of put a crimp into any further sacrifices in the Temple.

Answer 7

They stopped after the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem.

What has taken its place for all Jews is the formalized prayers.

Answer 8

There was a group that I read about recently that sacrificed at the 'Temple Mount' and are planning to do it again this year. They are pushing the rebuilding of the temple. The sacrifices they admitted were symbolic.

Answer 9

Shortly after the Roman General Titus tore down the temple in 70AD. No temple = no sacrifices = no coventant.

Today, Jews are in about 4 differing camps on the topic. Most believe that they can atone for sins by doing "Mitsvah" or "good works".

Ironically, this is the very reason why the temple became destroyed: They chose to defy God. So, He took away his hand of defense for them. God says good works can never atone for sin.

They are still blind to their sin... in part. I have known many Jews who follow Christ.

Answer 10

I am not Jewish, but they do not do sacrifices because there is no longer a temple. The temple was the only place they could do that.