Judaism Questions

[bobo81]

These are some questions I have had and hopefully someone can answer them for me.

1- How exactly did they sacrifice animals back then?

2- Do they still sacrifice today like that?

3- Did they have a special way of prayer, like a posture (ie. Islam)?

Thank You

Peace

[Guest shiloh357]

1. That is a very broad question. It would take volumes to explain it. Can you narrow down the scope of the question a bit?

2. No, because there is no Temple. The only place a sacrifice could be done was at the Temple in Jerusalem. There have been no legitimate sacrifices since 70 A.D.

3. Orthodox Jewish men pray three times a day and they do so facing Jerusalem. They pray standing up generally, unless they are physically infirmed. Often you will see Orthodox men "davening" (dah-ven-ing, a Yiddish term) That is, they will pray while moving their upper body back and forth, in a sort of bobbing manner. It is partially based on Ps. 35:10 which says "All my bones shall call to the Lord and say "who like unto you...?"

[angels4u]

It is partially based on Ps. 35:10 which says "All my bones shall call to the Lord and say "who like unto you...?"

Thats why they go forth and back with their body, I always wondered why

Tx, Angels

[Guest shiloh357]

It is partially based on Ps. 35:10 which says "All my bones shall call to the Lord and say "who like unto you...?"

Thats why they go forth and back with their body, I always wondered why

Tx, Angels

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Yeah, they want their entire body involved in worship.

[bobo81]

Thank you shiloh for your reply.

So to further explain about #1, I believe they killed an animal and then would burn it or something like that? And they did something with the blood? I definetly wont ask you for volumes of explanation but does that help?

[Guest shiloh357]

Thank you shiloh for your reply.

So to further explain about #1, I believe they killed an animal and then would burn it or something like that? And they did something with the blood? I definetly wont ask you for volumes of explanation but does that help?

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Well it depends on the kind of sacrifice, and the occasion. There were different procedures for different Festivals, but the basic animal sacrifice had several requirements.

For starters, the animal had to be the healthiest and fattest of the herd/flock. It had to be free of any scars or sores.

You can read in Leviticus the procedures, as it would be too much to outline them all in this one response. Yes, the animal were burned on the altar. A portion of the sacrifices were kept aside for the priest, but all of the entrails and the all of the fat belonged to God, and would be burned to ashes on the altar.

According to tradition, there was a drain under the altar where the blood would flow under the Temple mount into the Kidron valley. This has been confirmed recently when some samples of dirt were examined from a certain area believed to be the outlet for this drain, and the dirt is very high, in ordinately high in iron.

As an aside, I heard all of this a few years ago (late 90s). It is believed by some that if the drain could be followed back up to the Temple Mount, it would take them to the location of the altar of burnt offering from that point, it would be just a matter of measuring from the altar to determine the proper location of the cornerstone, and from there the exact location of the holy of holies could be determined. Obviously such work would inflame the Muslim world, and therefore nothing has been done.

[bobo81]

Thanx once again, your post was exactly what I was looking for.

And here I thought burn offerings were still being made normally.