A New Torah

Another interpretation: "This is the animal" (Leviticus 11:2). This is what is written: "Every word of God is refined" (Proverbs 30:5). Rav said: The commandments were given to Israel only in order to refine the creatures through them. And why so much? As it is said: "He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him" (Proverbs 30:5). Rabbi Yudan son of Rabbi Shimon said: All the beasts and Leviathan are the hunting-spectacle of the righteous in the time to come, and whoever did not watch the hunting-spectacles of the nations of the world in this world will merit to see it in the world to come. Rabbi Avin bar Kahana said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said: "A new Torah will go forth from Me" (Isaiah 51:4) [the plain sense is "a teaching will go forth from Me"], a renewal of Torah will go forth from Me. Rabbi Berekhiah said in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak: The Holy One, blessed be He, will in the future make a banquet for His righteous servants in the time to come, and whoever did not eat carcasses in this world will merit to see it in the world to come. This is what is written: "And the fat of a carcass and the fat of a torn animal may be used for any work, but you shall not eat it" (Leviticus 7:24) so that you may eat from it in the time to come. Therefore Moses warns Israel and says to them: "This is the living creature that you may eat" (Leviticus 11:2).