cmotherofpirl Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Present-day Sanhedrin court seeks to revive ancient Temple rituals By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent The present-day Sanhedrin Court decided Tuesday to purchase a herd of sheep for ritual sacrifice at the site of the Temple on the eve of Passover, conditions on the Temple Mount permitting. The modern Sanhedrin was established several years ago and is headed by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. It claims to be renewing the ancient Jewish high court, which existed until roughly 1600 years ago, and meets once a week. Professor Hillel Weiss, a member of the Sanhedrin, told Haaretz on Tuesday that the action, even if merely symbolic, is designed to demonstrate in a way that is obvious to all that the expectation of Temple rituals will resume is real, and not just talk. Several years ago, a number of members of the various Temple movements performed a symbolic sacrifice on Givat Hananya, which overlooks the Temple Mount from Jerusalem's Abu Tur neighborhood. During the ceremony, participants sacrificed a young goat that was donated by a resident of Tekoa. The participants also built a special two-meter tall oven, in accordance with halakha (Jewish law). The Passover sacrifice is considered a simple ceremony, relative to other works performed in the Temple. On Wednesday, the Sanhedrin will hold its main conference, entitled "Existential threats and ways to correct them." Rabbi Menachem Froman, far-right activist Moshe Feiglin, and Nativ editor Arieh Stav will participate in the conference. The guest of honor will be Makor Rishon publisher Shlomo Ben-Zvi. [url="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831646.html"]http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831646.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrockthefirst Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Somebody needs to read the Letter to the Hebrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hmm... I'm sure "end times" people are pretty excited about this news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 No kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I think the Pope should use both his temporal and spiritual power to stop this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswranch Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 [quote name='StThomasMore' post='1206951' date='Mar 2 2007, 04:01 PM']I think the Pope should use both his temporal and spiritual power to stop this.[/quote] And what temporal powers might that be? Send in troops? Outbid the Jews for the salvation of the sheep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 [quote name='jswranch' post='1208573' date='Mar 5 2007, 11:21 AM']And what temporal powers might that be? Send in troops? Outbid the Jews for the salvation of the sheep?[/quote] He should remind the world of the decree of the Oecumenical Council of Florence forbidding the practice of Jewish rituals and rites after the promulgation of the Gospel. He should also declare that the "State of Israel" should be dismantled and the land given back to the Palestinians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathoholic_anonymous Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 [quote]And what temporal powers might that be? Send in troops? Outbid the Jews for the salvation of the sheep?[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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