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In Judaism, the qorban ( qorbān; also corban; Yiddish churbn) is any of a variety of sacrificial offerings described and commanded in the Torah. The most common usages are animal sacrifice ( zevah זֶבַח), peace offering and olah " holocaust."
A qorban was a kosher animal sacrifice, such as a bull, sheep, goat, deer or a dove that underwent shechita (Jewish ritual slaughter). Sacrifices could also consist grain, meal, wine, or incense. Offerings were often cooked and most of it eaten by the offerer, with parts given to the Kohen priests and small parts burned on the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem. Only in special cases were all of the offering given only to God, such as the case of the scapegoat.
The Hebrew Bible says that God commanded the Israelites to offer offerings and sacrifices on various altars. The sacrifices were only to be offered by the hands of the Kohenim. Before building the Temple in Jerusalem, when the Israelites were in the desert, sacrifices were only to be offered in the Tabernacle. After the invasion of Cannan, the main sacrificial centre was at Shiloh, though sacrifice also took place at Beth-Shemesh (I Sam 6:14–15), Mizpah (I Sam 7:9), Ramah (I Sam. 7:17; 9:11–24), and Gilgal (I Sam. 10:8; 11:15;13:9), whilst family and clan sacrifices were commonplace (I Sam. 16:2–5). Under Saul the main center of sacrifice was Nob (I Sam. 21:1ff.), though private offerings continued to be made at Shiloh (II Sam. 15:12). David created a new cult center in Jerusalem at the threshing floor of Araunaḥ (Ornan; I Chron. 21:23–26), to which he moved the Ark (II Sam. 6:17–18; I Chron. 16:2, 40).. According to the Hebrew Bible, after the building of Solomon's Temple, sacrifices were only to be carried out there. After the Temple was destroyed, sacrifices was resumed when the Second Temple was built until it was also destroyed in 70 CE. After the destruction of the Second Temple sacrifices were prohibited because there was no longer a Temple, the only place allowed by halakha for sacrifices. Offering of sacrifices was briefly reinstated during the Jewish–Roman wars of the second century CE and was continued in certain communities thereafter.
When sacrifices were offered in ancient times they were offered as a fulfillment of the 613 commandments. Since there is no longer a Temple, or priests, modern religious Jews instead pray or offer tzedakah as a form of charity.
The practice and nature of sacrifices in Judaism are based on the 613 commandments, theology and halakha. According to the Jewish perception the coming of the messiah will not remove the requirement to keep the 613 commandments. Most Orthodox Jews believe that animal sacrifice will be resumed once the Third Temple is built, others believe that prayer and tzedakah will suffice.
Korban may refer to the following people
Given name- Korban Blake, British multi-genre author.
- Gennady Korban (born born 1949), Russian wrestler
- Hennadiy Korban (born 1970), Ukrainian businessman and art collector
- Kirill Korban (born 1989), Russian football player
- Kristina Korban, Ukrainian-American performer, model and movie producer
- Yelena Korban (born 1961), Soviet sprinter
Usage examples of "korban".
No sooner had he entered and swung the panel closed, than the greybearded Lord Manoparo and two other Ruwendian knights, Korban and Wederal, came out into the cramped secret passageway from a lighted inner sanctum, weapons bared.
At the same time this practice does provide the visitor with the wholesome sport of Korban bathing.
The Korban Bath Rules will probably remain unwritten for many a day, but I earnestly hope that before next summer the traditions and etiquette of bath-warfare as between individual hotel-visitors will be codified and issued in an intelligible form.