[Avodah] Post-Churban Korbanot

[Yisrael Medad]

It may be instructive to review what happened in another period when the
possibility of either bringing Korbanot or rebuilding the Mikdash became
real:

"...Flavius Claudius Julianus, a nephew of Constantine - also known as
Julian the Apostate because of his opposition to Christianity. Julian
planned the project in the last year of his reign in A.D. 363. Julian
rescinded all the anti-Jewish laws that his uncle Constantine had
instituted. He issued an edict that the Temple be rebuilt in Jerusalem. This
caused a great deal of excitement among the Jews. From far and wide, Jews
came to Jerusalem to help in the rebuilding work. Julian supplied the
necessary funds and appointed Alypius of Antioch, the Roman Governor of
Great Britain, to carry out the project. Jews from all over gave from their
wealth upon the projected work of rebuilding the Temple. The roads to
Jerusalem were filled with multitudes of Jewish men and women who had hopes
of seeing a Third Temple built."

and

Julian made all necessary preparations in order to begin the rebuilding of
the Temple of Jerusalem. He addressed a letter to all Jewish congregations
of the Empire, in which he spoke in friendly way of the leader of Jewry in
the Empire, the Patriarch Julos (Hillel), as his brother. He promised the
abolition of the high taxes laid upon the Israelites by the Christians,
guaranteed that in future none should accuse them of blasphemy, promised
freedom and security, and promised to have Jerusalem rebuilt at his expense,
as soon as he returned victorious from the Persian war.

For the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem Julian commissioned his best
friend, Alypius of Antioch, to whom he gave instructions to spare no
expense, and commanded the governors of Palestine and Syria to assist with
everything necessary."

Any implications, insinuations or parallels to the current day are to be
ingored.


-- 
Yisrael Medad
Shiloh
Mobile Post Efraim 44830
Israel
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