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Did rabbinic Judaism substitute a non-biblical atonement?

Did rabbinic Judaism substitute a non-biblical atonement?

Following the Temple destruction in 70 C.E. did rabbinic Judaism substitute a non-biblical atonement system? Answer: Biblically, the optimum means for attaining atonement consists of both animal sacrifices and sincere confessionary repentant prayer used in conjunction with each other. Traditional Judaism looks forward to the restoration of the dual system working simultaneously--animal sacrifice and contrite prayer. The rabbis under the leadership of Yohanan ben Zakkai did not make an unscrip
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Chapter 11d - THE ATONEMENT PROCESS

Chapter 11d - THE ATONEMENT PROCESS

Continued from Chapter 11d That which is acceptable to God The sacrificial atonement system of the Torah was given exclusively to the Jewish people: “I have given it [the blood] to you ... to make atonement for your souls.” (Leviticus 17:11). A blood sacrifice, in itself, was never enough; it always had to be accompanied by sincere confessionary repentant prayer: “And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing: and he s
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz