A related question, how did jews rationalise the destruction of the 2nd temple. Didn't they more or less believe that the holiest place in the temple was the litteral dwelling of God? So what happens when that place is destroyed, doesn't that mean god left the land? Did jews try to set up other "temples" like how the tabernacle was build after receiving the 10 commandments as a mobile dwelling place for god. How do modern jews deal with the fact the priestly parts of their religion are basically not exercised anymore? How did they rationalise this change? Are their sects within judaism that continue/have to do some kind of priestly service?
Thank you so much for any attempt at answering my question
Israelites only had an obligation to worship at the temple 3 times a year. For those pilgrimages they would travel to the temple. Otherwise the day to day worship was done by the priests.
In Jewish thought it's beleived that the reason the 2nd temple was destroyed was because of "needless hatred" basically people not getting along. This makes sense as a narrative because at the time Judea was a very sectarian place.
After the destruction of the temple the remaining Jewish leaders founded courts of Jewish law outside of jerusalem and transitioned the religion from a temple-sacrifice based one to a synagogue-prayer based one that exists till this day.
As for groups trying to bring back the temple worship there probably were some over the years, just as there were many breakoff versions of judaism but the rabbis always kept a tight rein on what was "acceptable" and what was not so these groups did not become mainstream.