The Temple
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Temple Maintenance
How was the curtain (parokhet) separating off the Holy of Holies cleaned? Or was it? With all the blood sprinkled on it wouldn’t it get ‘smelly’? There is a much more general question: How did Temple repairs take place? The…
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Kosher Slaughter and the Temple
Is there anything in the Talmud about kosher killing? I heard that was when the priest would put his finger and thumb on the jaw of the sacrifice and he would stroke the head of the sacrifice to put the…
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Sacrifice Today
What is the story with animal sacrifices today? Today, we give no animal sacrifices, but doesn’t it clearly say we need to sacrifice animals to atone for our sins? See these verses – Hosea 14:3 Take with you words, and…
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The Temple, Jesus, and Atonement Through Blood
How do we atone for our sins if there is no Temple? Isn’t it convenient that Jesus’ death was extremely close to the destruction of the Temple? If the Temple is destroyed how do we atone for our sins, I…
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The “Rabbinic Judaism” Myth
I think the holier than thou attitude of Jewish Orthodoxy is rather funny. Orthodoxy is not at all similar to traditional Judaism. Real traditional Judaism was based on the Temple, with a special class of people, Priests, making animal sacrifices.…
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Leaning on the Arm in Prayer
During prayer now-a-days why do people bow their heads and lean on their arms? What’s the purpose of this and how did it originate? This is done during a service called “Tachanun” – literally “Supplication”. It seems that bowing in…
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Dashing the Blood on the Altar
Leviticus Chapter 3:2 “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar around it.”…
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Afikomen
Could you tell me the history of the “Afikomen”, when it was established and why? When the Holy Temple in Jerusalem stood, the Passover offering was the last item eaten at the Seder. The Afikomen, which means dessert, has been…
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Understanding Animal Sacrifice
The Torah commands us to sacrifice animals. I know that we no longer do this, and am glad we don’t, however, is there any place in the Torah that has changed this covenant? If I am understanding your question correctly,…