November 08, 1991 • Page Image 73
…group event experienced by our biblical ancestors. Back in the days when the Temple was still standing, the Kohanim (priests) made sacrifices three times a day. In those days, sacrificing animals was the way in which the Jewish people tried to climb the mountain — it was their understanding of how you worshiped God. They called their sacrificial rites the Avodah — the service. After the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 C.E., the r...…

















































