The blood of atonement

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: July 7, 2006| Author: Reuven Hammer | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

07-07-2006

Headline: The blood of atonement
Byline: Reuven Hammer
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 30

Friday, July 7, 2006 -- After giving a lecture in Jerusalem to a group of Christian supporters of Israel who had come to study at the Hebrew University, I was asked a question: If there are no more sacrifices in Judaism, how can Jews achieve atonement? Is it not so that without blood, there can be no atonement?

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