Judaism ForumAsk an Orthodox JewHi On My Way! I'm glad I could help! Because there is no Temple (and for other reasons as well), the order of offerings (I don't care for the mistranslation "sacrifice" for the Hebrew word korban, which actually is a cognate of a root meaning "to approach" or "to draw near/close to"), as well as other Torah precepts which are dependent on the Temple & a fully functioning Aaronic priesthood (such as accepting tithes, administering the bitter waters to a suspected adultress, 7th and Jubilee years, etc. etc.) are temporarily suspended . The order of offerings on a regular basis ceased in CE 70, when the Romans destroyed the Second Temple. It was briefly reinstituted during the Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome (in CE 132-135, see http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/Kokhba.html ). There are vague hints that it may have been reinstituted for an even shorter period during the brief reign of the Roman Emperor Julian ("the Apostate") in CE 361-363 (see http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=716&letter=J&search=Julian). It probably was reinstituted for a short time after CE 614, when the Sassanid Persians captured Jerusalem from the Byzantines & turned the city over to us. But this interlude came to an end when the Byzantines retook the city a few years later. Since then, nada. As our very great medieval sage Maimonedes (see http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/rambam.htm) puts it: Howzat? No problem! Be well! ssv |
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