Jewish and sacrifices?

Jewish response:

1. HaShem clearly tells us in the Torah that He does not want nor require sacrifice but He gave us the option of offerings because we demanded it.

2. The Torah clearly specifies that offerings can ONLY be offered in the Temple and that when we do not have the Temple, offerings cannot be made. Offerings were suspended and replaced by prayer with the destruction of the Temple. The exact same thing happened between the destruction of the First Temple and construction of the Second Temple.

3. Even when offerings were an option, the overall majority were offerings of thanks, not as part of the atonement process. When offerings were as part of the atonement process, they could only be for unintentional acts. The Torah clearly specifies that offerings cannot be part of the atonement process for intentional acts.

4. No Jew, regardless of level of religious observance believes that Jesus was a moshiach. Jesus was and is completely irrelevant to Jews and Judaism. Additionally, the Christian concept of messiah itself diametrically opposes every teaching and text of Judaism.

***HaShem clearly tells us in the Torah that He does not want nor require sacrifice but He gave us the option of offerings because we demanded it.***

Of course, it this was the correct interpretation, the 1st and 2nd Temple would not have been built.

***The Torah clearly specifies that offerings can ONLY be offered in the Temple and that when we do not have the Temple, offerings cannot be made.***

Of course, this means that Elijah could not have been a prophet since he offered a sacrifice to God on Mt. Carmel while the prophets of Israel were leading the Jewish community in their worship of Baal...possibly in the Temple which existed at this time.

***Even when offerings were an option, the overall majority were offerings of thanks, not as part of the atonement process.***

Of course...there is that little Jewish holy day that requires one goat to be sacrificed and the other to take on the sins of Israel. Perhaps you have hear of the day of Yo0m Kippur.

***Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d, not for sins against another person. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible. That must all be done before Yom Kippur.

It is customary to wear white on the holiday, which symbolizes purity and calls to mind the promise that our sins shall be made as white as snow (Is. 1:18). Some people wear a kittel, the white robe in which the dead are buried.

There are two basic parts of this confession: Ashamnu, a shorter, more general list (we have been treasonable, we have been aggressive, we have been slanderous...), and Al Cheit, a longer and more specific list (for the sin we sinned before you forcibly or willingly, and for the sin we sinned before you by acting callously...) Frequent petitions for forgiveness are interspersed in these prayers. There's also a catch-all confession: "Forgive us the breach of positive commands and negative commands, whether or not they involve an act, whether or not they are known to us."

The ark (a cabinet where the scrolls of the Torah are kept) is kept open throughout this service, thus you must stand throughout the service. There is a tone of desperation in the prayers of this service. The service is sometimes referred to as the closing of the gates; think of it as the "last chance" to get in a good word before the holiday ends.***

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm

***Why are they not conducting sacrifices as called for in the Torah?***

They blame Rome. It can't be the Torah because Moses NEVER made ONE sacrifice in Israel...let alone the Temple. They say that because Elijah could hear the voice God like all Jewish scriptures teach and rabbis can't hear the voice of God like all rabbis teach, they can't make the obvious exception Elijah was allowed to make.

In other words, rabbis are like the prophets of Israel who lead the Jewish community in the worship of Baal and who can't get answers to their prayer like Elijah who worshiped the God of Israel and was able to get his prayers answered.

Hope this helps

Why have many people moved on from ancient prescriptions and beliefs?

Even Ultra-Orthodox Jews recognize that certain demands cannot be made in a modern world. The religious have always been required to make compromises as circumstances change. For the Jews, it has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not they think Jesus was the Messiah. If you think otherwise, you are misinformed and do not understand Judaism.

By the way, the Reform and Conservative and Reconstructionist branches of Judaism don't think Jesus was the Messiah either.

You don't know much about Judaism, do you?

Here's a better question for those Jews that observe the Sabbath: Why do they ignore this Sabbath-related command from God? It has nothing to do with the temple.

Ex 35:2 ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

It's sort of sad to see people pointlessly holding on to parts of an old covenant that they themselves broke (Jer 31:31); one that vanished away long ago.

Heb 8:13 In that he says, “A new covenant,” he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

The temple was destroyed. When (if) it's rebuilt they'll be resumed.

The Samaritans perform sacrifices and do not consider mainstream Judaism to be legitimate.

the temple was destroyed in 70 AD and has not been rebuilt

no temple- no sacrifices

What temple are they going to go to? It was torn down.

because thats against the law?