[Avodah] last korban

[Eli Turkel]

<<My knowledge in these areas is sorely lacking, but my impression is
that the main obstacle to bringing the Korban Pesach, even nowadays,
is not knowing the exact location of the mizbayach. And this is
certainly something that was common knowledge for the first years
after the churban.>>

For a discussion of the importance of the place of the mizbeyach see
*http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/halak57/04mizbea.doc

**Chatam Sofer (among others) discuss the issue - mainly for Pesach .
Among other issues are finding cohanim with geneological records
and the bigdei kehuna

In fact when the Gemara talks about R. Gamliel the assumption it that
it refers to R. Gamliel of Yavne and that korbanot were indeed brought
in the years immediate following the churban. There are even theories
that Bar Kochba rebuilt the bet hamikdash and korbanot were brought.
This is one of the answers to the contradictions between Mesechet Midot
and Joesphus that Middot was referring to Bar Kochba's time.
Of course all of this is very controversial

What seems clear is that after Bar Kochba's revolt Har HaBayit was razed
and Jews were not allowed in Jerusalem for many years (just read a theory
that they returned in the days of R. Yehudah HaNasi) and then korbanot
finally stopped.**
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Eli Turkel
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