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Originally Posted by CousinX
My primary source is the Torah, which goes into great detail on the matter.
The practice has come in and out of vogue with various sects of Judaism through the centuries, but it's still an important theological point.
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This is absolutly incorrect.
According to the Torah there have been only 2 places where sacrifices Jews were permitted to bring sacrifical offerings.
One was The Mishkan (the tabernacle) the jewish people carried with them through the desert. The other was The Temple.
It's also important to note that only the Kohanim (a subset of the priests - Levites) were premited to acctualy preform the sacrifices.
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Originally Posted by CousinX
The Kosher preparation of animals involves ritual slaughter, i.e. a form of sacrifice.
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This is also compleatly wrong. The 'ritual slaughter' of an animal in kosher food preperation is no more a sacrifice that any other jewish ritual. For example the 'ritual washing of hands before eating'.