# Israeli "Sanhedrin" Plans Passover Sacrifice **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004 "2007-03-22T12:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/21 "2007-03-23T00:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] A sacrifice that **is** meant to be entirely burnt up is called a [“holocaust.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_%28sacrifice%29) [/QUOTE] Why, that’s terribl… [follows the link] …ly accurate. Huh. I’d never seen it used like that before – just as in the big-H-Holocaust and as in a great big fiery conflagration. I had always understood that the Sanhedrin could not sacrifice for all the reasons above – no great temple, no altar, no clear notion where exactly the altar was all those years ago. Has something changed? ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/22 "2007-03-23T01:53:58Z")
[QUOTE=Little Plastic Ninja] I had always understood that the Sanhedrin could not sacrifice for all the reasons above – no great temple, no altar, no clear notion where exactly the altar was all those years ago. Has something changed? [/QUOTE] I imagine that they found some really old zoning papers. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/23 "2007-03-23T12:20:19Z")
From the Beliefnet article I linked, I thought they just intended to set up a altar of unhewn stones, not that they needed The Altar. By repercussions, I mean mainly the Arab/Palestinian freak-out any time that Jewish religious activity on the Temple Mount violates their sensitivities. And while I am no longer a Rapturist, I’ll admit to still getting into news like this. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/24 "2007-04-05T05:27:30Z")
[http://www.templeinstitute.org/news.htm](http://www.templeinstitute.org/news.htm) The Sanhedrin asked the Israel High Court for permission & was refused. They still plan a procession with two lambs but no sacrifice. I was surprised though to learn from the link above that this was not the first attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/25 "2007-04-05T06:02:29Z")
What’s the big complaint? Haven’t the Samaritans been making animal sacrifices for years and years already? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/26 "2007-04-05T06:26:09Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] What’s the big complaint? Haven’t the Samaritans been making animal sacrifices for years and years already? [/QUOTE] I think so, and I have heard of Karaite communities also doing it, but NOT on the Temple Mount. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/27 "2007-04-05T06:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I think so, and I have heard of Karaite communities also doing it, but NOT on the Temple Mount. [/QUOTE] I seem to have been wrong about the Karaites. Anyway, the Samaritans (which apparently number fewer than 1000) do sacrifice on Mt. Gerazim. No problem with that from any Israeli or Palestinian authorities. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/28 "2007-04-05T17:38:00Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I seem to have been wrong about the Karaites. Anyway, the Samaritans (which apparently number fewer than 1000) do sacrifice on Mt. Gerazim. No problem with that from any Israeli or Palestinian authorities. [/QUOTE] That’s because Mt. Gerizim isn’t particularly holy to anybody but the Samaritans. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/29 "2007-04-06T01:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] You’ll have to be more specific. Is that a “gay sex and other Moloch worship stuff” Abomination, or more of an “eat shellfish or wear cotton-poly blend clothing” Abomination? I never could keep track of all those Levitical abominations… [/QUOTE] And what about having gay sex with mint jelly? (We did it once with marmalade.) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/30 "2007-04-06T04:32:15Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] And what about having gay sex with mint jelly? (We did it once with marmalade.) [/QUOTE] Interesting, are we allowed to do it on poly-cotten blend sheets? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004/31 "2007-04-06T04:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] And what about having gay sex with mint jelly? (We did it once with marmalade.) [/QUOTE] Are you sure it was a **male** marmalade? Otherwise, doesn’t count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-sanhedrin-plans-passover-sacrifice/397004.md?page=1)