Q&A: Sacrifices in the Third Temple
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Sacrifices in the Third Temple
Question
Is it possible to find sources for the claim that there will be no offering of sacrifices in the Third Temple?
Answer
I assume you can search online. It seems to me that Rabbi Kook cites such a midrash in Chazon HaTzimchonut (“The Vision of Vegetarianism”).
Discussion on Answer
Rabbi Kook writes in Nevukhei HaDor that it is possible that the Sanhedrin will interpret it according to its will (and rule in accordance with the view that we expound the reason of the verse).
There is a diary of Rabbi Nazir in which there are dozens of paragraphs, all dealing with a saying he found: “Sacrifices will be abolished in the future to come.”
I read it from a photograph of the manuscript.