Why Do We Sacrifice? (Rabbi Sacks on Vayikra, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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It's been almost two thousand years since the temple was destroyed and the sacrificial system came to an end. But jewish thinkers, especially the more mystical among them, strove to understand the inner significance of the sacrifices. They were thus able to rescue their spirit, even if their physical enactment was no longer possible. In sacrifice, said rubschnei zalman, is that we offer ourselves. We bring to god our faculties, our energies, our thoughts and emotions. The real sacrifice is mikem, of you, we give god something of ourselves.
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