What is the underlying principle behind the Temple offerings? Who needs them and why? The Hebrew word korbanot, often translated as ‘offerings,’ or even the cringe-worthy ‘sacrifices,’ are best described as ‘spiritual connectors’ between man and G-d. What benefit do these spiritual connectors have for man? And why do they matter to G-d?
Will offerings be made in the future Holy Temple? The answer to the question, which many people ask is: Yes! Yes! and Yes! The Torah that Israel received at Sinai is eternal. The 613 commandments contained in Torah (of which over 200 pertain to the Holy Temple), are applicable forever. The bringing of offerings to the place of the altar on the Temple Mount was never abandoned by Israel, and throughout the 2000 years of exile many attempts were led by Israel’s top rabbinical scholars to reinstate the obligatory offerings.
Rabbi Abba also shares his thoughts on the Israel-United Arab Emirates agreement from the perspective of Jewish rights on the Temple Mount.
Almost immediately following the destruction of the Holy Temple in the year 70 CE, attempts were made to bring offerings on the Temple Mount, which can be done, even when the Holy Temple is not standing. In the centuries which followed, right up to modern times, great rabbis have attempted to renew the bringing of offerings on the Temple Mount. To do so is not only permissible, it is obligatory! Today, with a green light from the Israeli government, an altar, pre-built by the Temple Institute could be disassembled and reassembled in place on the Temple Mount within hours, and offerings could be brought the same day!