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I'm enjoying the series. A correction, at least according to the Torah and Talmud, sacrifices were specifically not brought at night; only the passover sacrifice, which is not typical. The everyday "Tamid" offerings were brought in the mornings and afternoons, which is why today we have formal prayers in the morning and afternoon. Also, not only were the normal Tamid offerings brought on Shabbat and holidays, but there were additional "Musaf" sacrifices, sometimes, like on succot and yom kippur, many per day.
Sam, your videos are amazing. I've been binging them for days! As a non-Jew, your secular perspective makes all these topics much more approachable. Keep up the good work.
Hey Sam, love your videos. There are 2 facts that you mentioned that sounds contrary to things I learned and if you can share your source I'd appreciate it: 1) sacrifices only at night? My understanding only at day, 2) can't accept forgin currency? That songs strange to me, and haven't seen such a law. More so, the half shekel that was used was the Tzidoni shekel which was purer silver from my understanding
Probably not specific priesthoods, as there doesn't seem to be any actual *legal* distinction between the high priesthood and deputy priesthoods, that's just the system they worked out at the time. However, you'd be surprised how much information you can gather if you have at least one of a handful of surnames in your family background. www.jewishgen.org/rabbinic/infofiles/surnames.htm
@@SamAronow Well as of right now ik have Kohen roots in from both sides of my fathers family in oral tradition, I cant seem to find my surnames in any of them my family seems to think my surname wasn't my real one I'm in the U.S they came though Elis island. but for the past generations I'm aware of we have had in our Hebrew names " Hakohen" But Feldman might not be my last name. I'm fairly young but I'm really interested in this stuff so thanks for the help bro!
@@samuelfeldman9912 Fun fact about Ellis Island: nobody ever had their name changed there. All name changes by immigrants to the US were voluntary and in all likelihood never required any formal process. My great-grandfather Nahum just started going by Nathan and the state of Ohio never questioned it. Point being that Jewish names right up to the modern era are highly fluid and informal, so your family is probably right.
@@SamAronow Wow thats really cool i recently found out my familys name in Europe who were kohens was "Kovsulov" or for a femele "Kovsulava" and there last name was chnaged to cooper tho all ik about my great great grandfather is his hebrew name Yechiel alter hakohen and on the other side of my fathers side Jonah hakohen just more hebrew! but im getting a DNA test done if it doesnt show the J haplogroup does that mean im not a kohen?
@@michealjackson8269 If you watch the earlier videos, Baal was just one of the many gods early Jewish peoples used to worship. Baal was actually one of the most popular of their gods because he was a rain god and they, you know, needed rain. It wasn't until right before the Second Temple Period that monotheism was really established or even really existed anywhere in the world, so there could have been direct inspiration for this temple design from that of Baal's temples.
Hi. I absolutely love your series, but would really be interested in some sources. Do you have somewhere with a transcript and sources? A question: You mention that sacrifices were made during the night, however according to the Talmud all sacrifices wereade during the day, with only the burning of the remaining flesh on the alter being done at night. Where is the source for sacrifices taking place at night (or are you referring to that burning of the flesh)?
A movement to build a third temple is considered counter intuitive by most Jews, because we are told that the third temple's establishment will be tied to the coming of the Moshiach. There have been messianic claimants who have, along with their followers, pursued to some extent the building of a third temple but that's not even true of all such claimants. Reform Jews, generally speaking, have no interest in a third temple, in re-establishing the priesthood, or in the resumption of sacrifices. These are often looked on in Reform as a more primitive state of religious practice, not an ideal we should return to. There are a few groups, representing a minority within the Orthodox Jewish community, that are in favor of it, but most of the time when you hear people talking about wanting a third temple it isn't Jews, it's Evangelical Christians who consider it a pre-requisite of their End of Days.
What is the source that sacrifices were conducted predominantly at night? The two daily offerings were brought in the morning and the afternoon (Numbers 28:4). In Rabbinic law, as far as I know, no sacrifices were brought at night. Only the remaining fats were rendered on the alter at night. See e.g. Berakhot 1:1
This series is wonderful. I will mention that in an earlier video you mention that the exodus did not happen and the Jews were never enslaved in Egypt. If that is the case (and that is my understanding as well) The Ark was created to house the Ten commandments which Moses (who there is also no evidence of) brought down from Mt Sinai. So how would we lose an ark of the covenant that never existed?
I think it's more likely that the Ark was real, but the story of its origin is incorrect. The description of the Ark of the Covenant in the Torah is quite specific, which makes me think that whoever initially wrote it down had actually seen the thing, and perhaps even measured it.
And what about evangelical claims that the place of the temple mount is actually wrong? Some say that what we call the temple today was actually fort Antonia, but I had never been able to verify the plausibility of this claim.
The Talmud notes many times that the Ark was not present in the Second Temple. It was either hidden before the First Temple was destroyed (this is the dominant opinion) or taken to Babylon as spoils and never returned.
With regard Diaspora Jews being unable to attend the temple, while, of course they couldn't attend regularly, Diaspora Jews from Egypt and Babylonia did, in some cases make pilgrimages, perhaps once or tice in a lifetime, much as Diaspora Jews visit Israel today. Some Babylonian congregations even maintained guest houses in Jerusalem for their members.
Just so you know, while the temple mount is likely adjunct to the temple and the western wall. But the dome of the rock is not the holy of holies. The Holy of Holies was a "PERFECT SQUARE" room made of gold. A uneven rock of that shape is not only pointless for the purpose of the Holy of Holies, but it would also not make much sense other than religious site propriation for Mohammed to find any need to associate himself with the Judaic Holy of Holies. (Which at that time was gone.)
the temple was meant for all nations of the world not just jews. All believers who wanted to do their annual pilgrims and could afford the trip (mostly wealthy merchants known as Hajjis) used to come to Jerusalem mostly due to Jewish missionaries going abroad to spread the word of the Torah. for this reason building of the 3rd temple will not work the same way as the first two because the location of the temple for all nations to face and worship the Holiest of the Holy has been shifted to mecca and the Kaaba at the time of the prophet of Islam and by the command of the Quranic verse.
The Temple alone isn't an indication, but the nature of Temple activities (active prayer, trading, using it for welfare and the state) was different then making it something separate. The Hajj in Islam is not where people paid taxes and were given welfare payment, its largest use in Islam on the ground connecting people around the caliphate their supposed to endorse.
Muslim pilgrimages don't have proper sacrifices, altar and priests from tribe of Levi where Temple was only a place of worship in Jerusalem. No other countries.
I'm enjoying the series. A correction, at least according to the Torah and Talmud, sacrifices were specifically not brought at night; only the passover sacrifice, which is not typical. The everyday "Tamid" offerings were brought in the mornings and afternoons, which is why today we have formal prayers in the morning and afternoon. Also, not only were the normal Tamid offerings brought on Shabbat and holidays, but there were additional "Musaf" sacrifices, sometimes, like on succot and yom kippur, many per day.
Even the Paschal Sacrifice had to be slaughtered during the day. It was only roasted at night.
Sam, your videos are amazing. I've been binging them for days! As a non-Jew, your secular perspective makes all these topics much more approachable. Keep up the good work.
Wow such a great video, the income distribution breakdown of the Temple was awesome!
Hey Sam, love your videos.
There are 2 facts that you mentioned that sounds contrary to things I learned and if you can share your source I'd appreciate it:
1) sacrifices only at night? My understanding only at day,
2) can't accept forgin currency?
That songs strange to me, and haven't seen such a law. More so, the half shekel that was used was the Tzidoni shekel which was purer silver from my understanding
Great video, very educational 👏
Wonderful and informative introduction to the Second Temple. Thank you.
The priests at Onias and Elephantine would disagree that Judaism only had one temple.
I came here to say the same thing.
Awesome video as always
1:50קורבנות זה רק ביום, כאילו זה כתוב בתנך ובתורה שבעל פה ובלילה (אני לא כותב באנגלית פשוט הכתיבה שלי באנגלית לא טובה מספיק)
Wait i got a question as a kohen is there any way too find out what family im decended from? thanks my man!
Probably not specific priesthoods, as there doesn't seem to be any actual *legal* distinction between the high priesthood and deputy priesthoods, that's just the system they worked out at the time. However, you'd be surprised how much information you can gather if you have at least one of a handful of surnames in your family background. www.jewishgen.org/rabbinic/infofiles/surnames.htm
@@SamAronow Well as of right now ik have Kohen roots in from both sides of my fathers family in oral tradition, I cant seem to find my surnames in any of them my family seems to think my surname wasn't my real one I'm in the U.S they came though Elis island. but for the past generations I'm aware of we have had in our Hebrew names " Hakohen" But Feldman might not be my last name. I'm fairly young but I'm really interested in this stuff so thanks for the help bro!
@@samuelfeldman9912 Fun fact about Ellis Island: nobody ever had their name changed there. All name changes by immigrants to the US were voluntary and in all likelihood never required any formal process. My great-grandfather Nahum just started going by Nathan and the state of Ohio never questioned it. Point being that Jewish names right up to the modern era are highly fluid and informal, so your family is probably right.
@@SamAronow Wow thats really cool i recently found out my familys name in Europe who were kohens was "Kovsulov" or for a femele "Kovsulava" and there last name was chnaged to cooper tho all ik about my great great grandfather is his hebrew name Yechiel alter hakohen and on the other side of my fathers side Jonah hakohen just more hebrew! but im getting a DNA test done if it doesnt show the J haplogroup does that mean im not a kohen?
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Was this typically for the general well-being of the public, for public infrastructure, or some other public endeavor?
Think of it like Social Security.
@@SamAronow why was the Yahweh temple so similar in rituals and building style to temples of Baal
@@michealjackson8269 If you watch the earlier videos, Baal was just one of the many gods early Jewish peoples used to worship. Baal was actually one of the most popular of their gods because he was a rain god and they, you know, needed rain. It wasn't until right before the Second Temple Period that monotheism was really established or even really existed anywhere in the world, so there could have been direct inspiration for this temple design from that of Baal's temples.
Wow this video is so amazing I filled 2 pages of facts in only 1 minute thanks.
Hi. I absolutely love your series, but would really be interested in some sources. Do you have somewhere with a transcript and sources?
A question: You mention that sacrifices were made during the night, however according to the Talmud all sacrifices wereade during the day, with only the burning of the remaining flesh on the alter being done at night. Where is the source for sacrifices taking place at night (or are you referring to that burning of the flesh)?
Is there a movement to build a third temple? 🤔 or rather what would stop such a cause?
A movement to build a third temple is considered counter intuitive by most Jews, because we are told that the third temple's establishment will be tied to the coming of the Moshiach. There have been messianic claimants who have, along with their followers, pursued to some extent the building of a third temple but that's not even true of all such claimants.
Reform Jews, generally speaking, have no interest in a third temple, in re-establishing the priesthood, or in the resumption of sacrifices. These are often looked on in Reform as a more primitive state of religious practice, not an ideal we should return to.
There are a few groups, representing a minority within the Orthodox Jewish community, that are in favor of it, but most of the time when you hear people talking about wanting a third temple it isn't Jews, it's Evangelical Christians who consider it a pre-requisite of their End of Days.
What is the source that sacrifices were conducted predominantly at night? The two daily offerings were brought in the morning and the afternoon (Numbers 28:4). In Rabbinic law, as far as I know, no sacrifices were brought at night. Only the remaining fats were rendered on the alter at night. See e.g. Berakhot 1:1
I think he got that mix up.
Were the infant sacrifices to Baal or Moloch done in main temple or did these gods have their own temples?
This series is wonderful. I will mention that in an earlier video you mention that the exodus did not happen and the Jews were never enslaved in Egypt. If that is the case (and that is my understanding as well) The Ark was created to house the Ten commandments which Moses (who there is also no evidence of) brought down from Mt Sinai. So how would we lose an ark of the covenant that never existed?
I think it's more likely that the Ark was real, but the story of its origin is incorrect. The description of the Ark of the Covenant in the Torah is quite specific, which makes me think that whoever initially wrote it down had actually seen the thing, and perhaps even measured it.
And what about evangelical claims that the place of the temple mount is actually wrong? Some say that what we call the temple today was actually fort Antonia, but I had never been able to verify the plausibility of this claim.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard this… as many Christian’s and evangelical I’ve encountered I’ve never heard this view point…
Wasn't there one in Egypt?
Why is the Ark of the Covenant not mentioned once by Jesus and rarely in the New Testament? @
The Talmud notes many times that the Ark was not present in the Second Temple. It was either hidden before the First Temple was destroyed (this is the dominant opinion) or taken to Babylon as spoils and never returned.
by terrestrial you mean worldly?
With regard Diaspora Jews being unable to attend the temple, while, of course they couldn't attend regularly, Diaspora Jews from Egypt and Babylonia did, in some cases make pilgrimages, perhaps once or tice in a lifetime, much as Diaspora Jews visit Israel today. Some Babylonian congregations even maintained guest houses in Jerusalem for their members.
Just so you know, while the temple mount is likely adjunct to the temple and the western wall. But the dome of the rock is not the holy of holies. The Holy of Holies was a "PERFECT SQUARE" room made of gold. A uneven rock of that shape is not only pointless for the purpose of the Holy of Holies, but it would also not make much sense other than religious site propriation for Mohammed to find any need to associate himself with the Judaic Holy of Holies. (Which at that time was gone.)
The more I read about this, the more I think flogging the money changer thing was a bit unreasonable.
They had tourism and souveniers back then? Thats funny
Her: I bet he's thinking about other girls.
Me: What if the Romans never destroyed the temple!?
Normie
And how!
May the Beis Ha Mikdash be rebuilt soon and in our day
amen
Sacrifices were offered everyday.
Why didn't these festivals become Like Eid?
Because it blasphemy to sacrifice to God without the Temple.
Jews do still celebrate them, just without the sacrifices.
Yooooo just call them a Cohen and the Cohen Gadal why r u calling them priests?
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The temple was a business. Maybe someday when there's peace in the Middle East it will host a McDonalds.
Superpeace Me!
the temple was meant for all nations of the world not just jews. All believers who wanted to do their annual pilgrims and could afford the trip (mostly wealthy merchants known as Hajjis) used to come to Jerusalem mostly due to Jewish missionaries going abroad to spread the word of the Torah. for this reason building of the 3rd temple will not work the same way as the first two because the location of the temple for all nations to face and worship the Holiest of the Holy has been shifted to mecca and the Kaaba at the time of the prophet of Islam and by the command of the Quranic verse.
I don't get how the Temple indicates "concerned with everyday life."
Islam has pilgrimages too, i don't see how that's different.
The Temple alone isn't an indication, but the nature of Temple activities (active prayer, trading, using it for welfare and the state) was different then making it something separate. The Hajj in Islam is not where people paid taxes and were given welfare payment, its largest use in Islam on the ground connecting people around the caliphate their supposed to endorse.
Muslim pilgrimages don't have proper sacrifices, altar and priests from tribe of Levi where Temple was only a place of worship in Jerusalem. No other countries.
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They slaughtered and burned animals all . Night . Long