The Thanksgiving Offering That Never Ceases in the Age to Come

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Emor 19:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"And when you sacrifice an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord" (Leviticus 22:29). Rabbi Pinchas and Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi Menachem of Galilee: In the age to come all the offerings will be annulled, but the thanksgiving offering will not be annulled [forever]. All the thanksgivings will be annulled, but the thanksgiving of the thanksgiving offering will not be annulled [forever]. It is stated, "The sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, 'Give thanks [to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good], for His mercy endures forever,' as they bring a thanksgiving offering to the House of the Lord" (Jeremiah 33:11). "Give thanks to the Lord" — these are the thanksgivings [the prayers of thanks]; "bringing a thanksgiving offering" — this is the thanksgiving sacrifice. And so it says, "Upon me, O God, are Your vows; I will pay thanksgivings to You" (Psalms 56:13). "Thanksgiving" [in the singular] is not written here, but "thanksgivings" [in the plural] — the thanksgiving prayer and the thanksgiving offering.

Themes

World To ComeSacrificeRedemption

Biblical References

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