Prayer Instead of Sacrifice

This week’s reading continues to detail the laws of sacrifice.  Here we shall deal with the connection between sacrifice and prayer, based on the assertion by Rabbi Joshua ben Levi:  “The prayers were instituted to replace the daily sacrifices.”  In other words, the Sages instituted prayer to take the place of the sacrifices, which could no longer be offered after the destruction of the Temple.

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