The Offering Marked For Me Endures in Both Worlds

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 363:7

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Another interpretation: It does not say here "Speak to the children of Israel, and let them take a portion (terumah)," but rather "And let them take a portion for Me" (Exodus 25:2). Every matter concerning which "for Me" is said endures in this world and in the world to come.

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