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The <\/span>todah<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>or thanksgiving offering, appears in our chapter within the category of <\/span>shelamim<\/span><\/em>, sacrifices of well-being or peace. For other sacrifices, such as the <\/span>asham<\/span><\/em> or <\/span>hattat<\/span><\/em>, Leviticus specifies the particular scenarios which would prompt the sacrifice. But when it comes to the <\/span>todah<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> we are given no indication why someone would be moved to express his or her gratitude with a todah offering. Leaving the circumstances entirely open accommodates the widest possible interpretation of gratitude. No individual\u2019s personal moment of gratitude towards God could be deemed insufficient, or unworthy of public acknowledgement. <\/span><\/p>\n

By definition, feeling indebted to another — especially to God– is a highly subjective experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

What one person understands to be the result of their own hard efforts can be seen by another as the hand of God. Rather than legislate objective standards, Leviticus\u2019 open market for <\/span>todah<\/span><\/em> grants the license to the individual to develop, cultivate and modulate his or her own appreciation for God\u2019s presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cultivating a divine awareness and expressing it in a public fashion can be life-giving for the individual, with ripple effects for the collective. Perhaps this can help to explain the rabbinic designation of <\/span>todah<\/span><\/em> as the eternal sacrifice. As the Midrash in Leviticus Rabbah states, \u201cin the future, all the sacrifices will be annulled, but the thanksgiving offering will not be annulled. All of the prayers will be annulled, but the prayer of thanksgiving will not be annulled.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The value of expressing gratitude — with a sacrifice, or a prayer — is essential to the healthy life of an individual and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":84048,"id":84048,"title":"Toda_with_flowers","filename":"Toda_with_flowers.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/todah-thanks-for-everything-or-anything\/toda_with_flowers\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"toda_with_flowers","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":44605,"date":"2020-11-25 10:39:06","modified":"2020-11-25 10:39:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":612,"height":245,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers-300x120.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":120,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","medium_large-width":612,"medium_large-height":245,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","large-width":612,"large-height":245,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","1536x1536-width":612,"1536x1536-height":245,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","2048x2048-width":612,"2048x2048-height":245,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","post_full_size-width":612,"post_full_size-height":245,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.png","home_baner-width":612,"home_baner-height":245}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Todah! 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