out against those Israelites who brought forth sacrifices but did not act in accord with the precepts of the Law. The Prophets disparaged sacrifices that were offered without a regeneration of the heart, i.e., a determined turning from sin and returning to God by striving after righteousness (Book of Hosea 14:1-2, Joel 2:13, Micah 6:6-8). At the same time, prophets stressed the importance of offerings combined with justice and good even as they taught that offerings were unacceptable unless combined with heartfelt repentance and good deeds. Malachi, the last prophet in the Hebrew Bible, emphasized that the goal of repentance is not to end sacrifices, but to make the offerings fit for acceptance once again (Book of Malachi, 3:3-4). Similarly, the Book of Isaiah despite disparagement of sacrifices without justice, portrays sacrifice as having a role complementary with prayer in a universalistic eschatology (Isaiah 56:1; 6–7). Rabbinical interpretation 100 among the 613 commandments According to Maimonides, about one hundred of the permanent 613 commandments based on the Torah, by rabbinical enumeration, directly concern sacrifices, excluding those commandments that concern the actual Temple and the priests themselves of which there are about another fifty. Instructions in Mishnah and Talmud The Mishnah and Talmud devote a very large section, known as a , to the study and analysis of this subject known as , whereby all the detailed varieties of korbanot are enumerated and analyzed in great logical depth, such as () and (). In addition, large parts of every other book of the Talmud discuss various kinds of sacrifices. is largely devoted to a discussion of how to offer the Passover sacrifice. contains a detailed discussion of the offerings and Temple ritual on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and there are sections in (Festivals) for the special offerings and Temple ritual for other major Jewish holidays. discusses the annual half-shekel offering for Temple maintenance and Temple governance and management, discusses the offerings made by Nazirites and the suspected adultress, etc. The Talmud provides extensive details not only on how to perform sacrifices but how to adjudicate difficult cases, such what to do if a mistake was made and whether improperly performing one of the required ritual elements invalidates it or not. The Talmud explains how to roast the Passover offering, how to dash blood from different kinds of sacrifices upon the altar, how to prepare the incense, the regulatory code for