parsha bit: Vayikra
Mar. 30th, 2006 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioWhen the temple was destroyed it was no longer possible to bring the
korbanot (offerings) mandated in the book of Vayikra, and the rabbis
instittuted prayer as a substitute. Some of the rabbis said that
prayer was not just equivalent but superior to korbanot:
prayer could be offered anywhere and at any time, unlike the korbanot,
and could take the form of meditation or words spoken from the heart.
(Tanchuma, Vayera, 31b)
(Actually, even before the temple was destroyed there were synagogues where people prayed instead of journeying to Yerushalayim.)
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Date: 2006-03-30 02:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-30 03:09 pm (UTC)