What was the principal type of worship action in judaism of old, generally in connection with an altar?
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Sacrifice. But it might interest you to note two things. \n\nFirst, most sacrifices offered had nothing to do with sin. There were all sorts of other reasons to offer a sacrifice, free-will offerings, thanksgiving offerings, just to name two of them.\n\nSecond, please remember that there was no need to offer animal sacrifices, a blood sacrifice was not necessary for the forgiveness of sin:::\n\nThe Bible describes blood sacrifices for the forgiveness of sin in the Book of Leviticus. But it is in Leviticus itself, in the middle of the discussion of the sin sacrifices, that we are taught that we do not need a blood sacrifice to be forgiven for our sins. Offering a blood sacrifice was an expensive thing to do for the family offering the animal. Was forgiveness then, to be only for the rich? No, because if one could not afford a blood sacrifice then one who sins could bring flour, which has no blood and no life as their sacrifice, and Gd forgave them!\n\nLeviticus 5:11-13; But if he be not able to \nbring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, \nthen he that sinned shall bring for his \noffering the tenth part of an ephah of fine \nflour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil \nupon it, neither shall he put any \nfrankincense thereon: for it is a sin \noffering.\n\nFurthermore, read the Book of Jonah. In Jonah, the People of Ninevah do three things in order to be forgiven by Gd. They fast, they pray for forgiveness, and they stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgave them! This is exactly what we do on Yom Kippur, we fast, we pray for forgiveness, and, hopefully, we stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgives us. And what book do we read on Yom Kippur afternoon? The Book of Jonah!\n\nJonah 3:7-10 And he caused it to be proclaimed \nand published through Ninevah, by the decree \nof the King and his nobles, saying, Let \nneither man nor beast, herd nor flock taste \nanything; let them not feed nor drink water; \nbut let man and beast be covered with \nsackcloth, and cry mightily unto Gd; yea, let \nthem turn every one from his evil way, and \nfrom the violence that is in their hands. Who \ncan tell if Gd will turn and repent, and turn \naway from his fierce anger that we perish not? \nAnd Gd saw their works, that they turned from \ntheir evil way; and Gd repented of the evil, \nthat he had said that he would do unto them; \nand he did not do it.\n\nPlease notice that Jonah tells us that Gd saw their WORKS, their deeds, how they turned from their evil ways, and Gd forgave them. It does not say that Gd saw their blood sacrifice, they never offered one. It does not say that Gd forgave them because they had the right faith, but rather it says that Gd forgave them because of their deeds!\n\nFurthermore, Where were the sacrifices to have taken place? In the Temple built by Solomon. And what did Solomon himself say at the dedication of this very Temple where these sacrifices were to take place?\n\n1 Kings 8:46-50 If they sin against thee, (for \nthere is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be \nangry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, \nso that they carry them away captives unto the \nland of the enemy, far or near; Yet if they \nshall bethink themselves in the land whither \nthey were carried captives, and repent, and make \nsupplication unto thee in the land of them that \ncarried them captives, saying, We have sinned, \nand have done perversely, we have committed \nwickedness; And so return unto thee with all \ntheir heart, and with all their soul, in the \nland of their enemies, which led them away \ncaptive, and pray unto thee toward their land, \nwhich thou gavest unto their fathers, the city \nwhich thou hast chosen, and the house which I \nhave built for thy name: Then hear thou their \nprayer and their supplication in heaven thy \ndwelling place, and maintain their cause, And \nforgive thy people that have sinned against \nthee, and all their transgressions wherein they \nhave transgressed
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The original word for God that was used in the Hebrew text for Genesis actually means something like "a God" or "Gods" or something along those lines, I forget which.  Anyway, the point I'm trying to say, is that the very early Jews were still slightly paganistic, and they basically were like "the pagans gods exist, but OUR God is greater than any of them"  The ten commandments is another example of this.  God doesn't outright say "those pagan's gods don't exist" he says "don't worship them, I'm YOUR God, the others are for the pagans"
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Well, in modern day hebrew, it would be bimyutzato (I think).  In the more ancient hebrew, I honestly can't remember...sorry!
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a temple, sanctuary<?
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To follow up on the question given by the previous person answering. The Torah (the 5 books of Moses / Genesis - Deuteronomy) forbids offering sacrifices at a place of your own choosing.  So, with the Temple having been destroyed it is forbidden for us to participate in animal sacrifice until we again regain control of the Temple Mount.\n\nFor some websites that will give you more details on Judaism see these websites:
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Old Testament, old laws... think New Testament
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I suggest you go to www.asktherabbi.org\nThey have a team of wonderful Rabbis.
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probably Hebraic and Aramaic
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Here is a site about ritual questions:\nhttp://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002263.html
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New testement gave the allowance.  This was used also to show that unclean things had now become clean,  Allowing the Gentiles to become Christian.\n(although they were actually still Jewish at that time but Christian Jews)
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You mean the "akeidat Yitzchak" which is Hebrew for the Binding of Isaac when Abraham offered Isaac up on an altar and almost sacrificed him at God's behest.
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I've asked this question before, actually. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AutS5JZA1SeAz4Wwe_TTd9rsy6IX?qid=1006053111285\nSeems to be a jewish tradition.
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From a Jew, from a Jewish perspective:\nWe pray to God.\nWe ask for forgiveness in out prayers.\nWe do teshuva- which literally means "to return" - to repent and arrive at a different spiritual and emotional place that is even higher and holier than before.\nWe perform deeds of lovingkindness - visiting the sick, helping the poor, giving extra charity especially - which is required by Jewish Law anyway.\n\nRepentance is a very important topic about which many Jewish sages have written.  It's possible to get very in depth here, so I just tried to get the basic info.
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The biblical marriage feast location is CANA. Don't know aboout the other one. Good luck!
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To worship God. Read the bible sometime
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The OT altars were all done in order to enter into God's presence ie the HOLY of HOLIES...now, we can come directly to God through Jesus Christ, who tore down the veils of the temple when He died, signifying that we now need NO mediator like they did in the OT...(the reason for the altars)...we come straight to the throne....He would NOT like it...it's offering a sacrifice to Him, and Jesus was the ULTIMATE sacrifice. It would be an affront!
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We see two kinds of dancing in Scripture. We see David dancing for joy before the Lord, nothing wrong with that. If you want to dance alone, like David, as worship to God then by all means do so. Remember, that if there is music involved, it should be music that would honor and please God.\n\nWe also see in Exodus 32:19 some dancing that was very displeasing to God. Read the chapter for yourself.