how do the Jews get around all the sacrificial instructions in the Torah? After the Temple was destroyed, the physical sacrifices were substituted by the order of prayer, repentance and giving of charity. Every prayer is concluded with a plea to rebuild the Temple so that the commanded sacrifices can be resumed.
You make my point. Ritual is about inward focus and lifting one up to a higher state than they were before. The physical sacrifices fulfilled this when the Temple was standing. Now prayer, repentance, and doing acts of mitzvot help Jews to do the same thing. Jews of course also ask God to bring back the ultimate means of attaining a closer relationship with the Most High, apart from that which can be found in Heaven.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus