Whoever Answers Amen in This World Merits Amen in the World to Come

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Tzav 9:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Rabbi Judah bar Gadya said: Whoever answers Amen in this world merits and answers Amen in the world to come. From where? "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting (literally: from the world and unto the world). Amen and Amen" (Psalms 41:14). What is "Amen and Amen"? Amen in this world, and Amen in the world to come. Therefore it is said: "Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me" (Psalms 50:23).

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World To ComeBlessing

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