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
Zalman Kravitz