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What is the reward for \u201ckeeping kosher\u201d in this life? Could it be that <\/span>tref<\/span><\/i> will be on the menu in the world to come?! In interpreting Leviticus Chapter 11, concerning which animals are permitted and which are prohibited to be eaten, the Midrash (Leviticus Rabbah 13:3) addresses this question in a dramatic visualization of the afterlife:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Future, Behemoth and the Leviathan [mythic beasts mentioned in Job Chapter 40 and elsewhere] will do battle for the righteous in a wild-beast spectacle. And those who have not gone to see such pagan gladiatorial games in this life, will be rewarded to see the supreme spectacle in the World to Come. But how will these two gigantic beasts be slaughtered? With its horns, Behemoth will gore Leviathan, and with its fins, Leviathan will slash Behemoth. The righteous ask: \u201cBut is this a permissible method of slaughter?! Have we not learnt [Mishnah Hullin 1:2] that kosher slaughter is not permitted with teeth or nail? The Holy One, blessed be He, replied: \u201cTorah shall go forth from Me (Isaiah 51:4) \u2013 A new Torah teaching will go forth from Me. And then, in the Future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will make a banquet for his righteous servants. And those who have not eaten <\/span>nevelot<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>trefot<\/span><\/em>\u00a0[forbidden animals\/meats] in this world will be rewarded to partake of them in the World to Come…<\/span><\/p>\n

This highly imaginative Midrash raises some fundamental questions: \u00a0Is the reward for observing halakhic prohibitions in this life, their being permitted in the afterlife? What will the \u201cNew Torah\u201d to be revealed by God in the Messianic Age be like? Whatever answers we may offer now, in the Future, we will know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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