The Bible Commands the Offering: Silence Bears Your Iniquity

This is an open letter to the Sanhedrin, secular leaders of Israel and “you” from Yosef Eitan.

Israeli authorities block every attempt to bring the Passover offering on the Temple Mount. The refusal comes whether two determined individuals petition or two million voices demand it. Leaders do not bring the offering themselves. They also prevent those who wish to obey the positive command from doing so. Both failures carry guilt under the plain reading of Scripture. The number of requests changes nothing. Two people asking exposes the obstruction just as clearly as two million would. The command stands absolute. Leaders who prevent its performance violate a binding national obligation.

The Bible mandates the Passover offering as a perpetual statute for every generation. “And ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.” (Exodus 12:14) The lamb must be slaughtered at the place Hashem chooses, its blood applied to the doorposts in the original command and to the altar in the central sanctuary, and the flesh eaten in haste with matzah and bitter herbs. This binds the congregation collectively. “Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their........

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