What do we sacrifice daily on the altar, since we no longer have the Beis Hamikdash?
Rabbi Yoseph Vigler gives a history of prayer, beginning with the Great Assembly. He explains that prayer connects the heart to Hashem and we sacrifice our animal soul on the alter fire that is in the heart.
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