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  Judaism
Second, the Torah specifies a number of laws to be followed by the Children of Israel.
Other religions at the time were characterized by temples in which priests would worship their gods through sacrifice.
In the Temple in Jerusalem, the kohanim were charged with performing the sacrifices.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Judaism.html   (4426 words)

  
 Semicha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A second and distinct meaning of semicha is the laying of hands upon an offering of a korban ("sacrifice") in the times of the Temple in Jerusalem, See Semicha in sacrifices.
Berab then conferred semicha through a laying on of he hands to four rabbis, including Joseph Caro, who was later to become the author of the Shulkhan Arukh, widely viewed as the most important code of Jewish law from the 1600s onwards.
The reasons being that what is prized in the communities they serve and lead is most of all a supreme mastery of the Talmud with a vast knowledge of the commentaries of the Rishonim and Acharonim and Responsa, added to knowledge of the Shulkhan Arukh and Halakha ("Jewish Law").
semicha.iqnaut.net   (1695 words)

  
 Judaism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Children of Israel similarly had a temple, priests, and made sacrifices -— but these were not the sole means of worshiping God.
Pesach or Passover celebrates the Exodus from Egypt, and coincides with the barley harvest.
In the Temple, the kohanim were charged with performing the sacrifices.
judaism.iqnaut.net   (7047 words)

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