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In the middle of discussing the sacrifices, the Torah takes a slight detour to discuss the forbidden parts of animals, the fat and the blood. The fat and the blood are the parts that are sacrificed on the altar. The fats are burned at the end of the day and the blood is sprinkled or poured on the altar. Because these two parts of the sacrifices are exclusively for God, they are forbidden for human consumption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Tur (Yoreh Deah 64) explains that this verse \u201cSpeak to the Israelite people thus: You shall eat no fat<\/span> of ox or sheep or goat\u201d (verse 23) comes to teach that specifically the fat is only prohibited on these kosher animals. Fat of a non-kosher animal is simply prohibited as part of a non-kosher animal. Another reason that blood is prohibited is presented later in Deuteronomy: \u201cBut make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:25).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Me\u2019am Lo\u2019ez also points to a verse later in Leviticus, \u201cYou shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying\u201d (19:26). The prohibition against divination shares the verse with the prohibition against consuming blood to link the two. Blood was an important part of pagan rituals. The prohibition against blood is another key demarcation between the holy sacrificial service and the idol worshiping of the gentiles.\u00a0 With these two prohibitions, God is further protecting the special sacred space of the sacrifices by restricting the rituals from becoming a \u201cpagan free-for-all.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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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>\r\n

By definition, feeling indebted to another -- especially to God-- is a highly subjective experience. <\/span><\/p>\r\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>\r\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>\r\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>","post_main_content_image":{"id":84048,"alt":"","title":"Toda_with_flowers","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Toda_with_flowers.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}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Todah! 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On one hand, it seems natural that the Torah prescribes a special thanksgiving offering (Leviticus 7:12-15), as a channel for expressing gratitude. On the other hand, it seems forced. If someone is truly grateful, no ritual ought be necessary. Gratitude should be expressed freely, by each person in their own way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nonetheless, observation of human nature shows that people who enjoy bounty in their lives aren\u2019t consistently the most grateful. Author Maya Angelou trenchantly observed: \u201cPeople whose history and future were threatened each day by extinction considered it was only by divine intervention that they were able to live at all. I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence is attributed to God\u2019s will but that as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility with commensurate speed\u201d (<\/span>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/span><\/i>, p. 118).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The dual meaning of the Hebrew word <\/span>\u05ea\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4<\/span>-<\/span>todah<\/span><\/i>, which means both \u201cacknowledge\u201d and \u201cthank\u201d embodies some of this difficulty. In order to be grateful, we must first acknowledge that we can\u2019t do it all ourselves. Perhaps that is the reason that people in more difficult situations are quicker to express gratitude. They have fewer illusions about their ability to succeed unaided. Therefore, gratitude must be ritualized and taught particularly in situations of plenty.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Indeed, a midrash reports: \u201cRabbi Pinhas, Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Yohanan taught in the name of Rabbi Menachem from Gallia: \u2018In the future, all sacrifices will be annulled, but the sacrifice of thanksgiving will not be annulled. All prayers will be annulled, but the prayer of gratitude will not be annulled\u2019\u201d (<\/span>Leviticus Rabba<\/span><\/i> 9:7). In that more perfect world, there be neither sin for which to atone through sacrifice and prayer, nor any unfilled needs for which to pray, but even then \u2013 the rabbis insist \u2013 prescribed rituals of thanksgiving, whether verbal or sacrificial, will be needed to help people overcome their deeply ingrained human reluctance to admit dependence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Fortunately, the rituals and prayers do exist, in Leviticus and throughout the Jewish tradition. We would do well to learn their lesson, and heed the warning of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: \u201cThe secret of existence is appreciation\u2026. [Humanity] will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation\u201d (<\/span>Insecurity of Freedom<\/span><\/i>, p. 26).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The first words we are taught to say each morning, immediately on waking, are Modeh\/modah ani, \u201cI give thanks.\u201d We thank before we think. Note that the normal word order is inverted: Modeh ani, not ani modeh, so that in Hebrew the \u201cthanks\u201d comes before the \u201cI.\u201d Judaism is \u201cgratitude with attitude.\u201d And this, according to recent scientific research, really is a life-enhancing idea.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The source of the command to give thanks is to be found in this week\u2019s parsha. Among the sacrifices it itemises is the korban todah<\/em>, the thanksgiving offering: \u201cIf he offers it [the sacrifice] as a thanksgiving offering, then along with this thanksgiving offering he is to offer unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and loaves of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil\u201d (Lev. 7:12).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Though we have been without sacrifices for almost two thousand years, a trace of the thanksgiving offering survives to this day, in the form of the blessing Hagomel: \u201cWho bestows good things on the unworthy\u201d, said in the synagogue, at the time of reading of the Torah, by one who has survived a hazardous situation. This is defined by the sages (on the basis of Psalm 107), as one who has survived a sea-crossing, or travelled across a desert, or recovered from serious illness, or been released from captivity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For me, the almost universal instinct to give thanks is one of the signals of transcendence in the human condition. It is not just the pilot we want to thank when we land safely after a hazardous flight; not just the surgeon when we survive an operation; not just the judge or politician when we are released from prison or captivity. It is as if some larger force was operative, as if the hand that moves the pieces on the human chessboard were thinking of us; as if Heaven itself had reached down and come to our aid.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Giving Thanks (Covenant & Conversation, Tzav 5778)<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":50046,"alt":"","title":"dt8-gratitude","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","width":1000,"height":726,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-300x218.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":218,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-768x558.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":558,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":726,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":726,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":726,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":726,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-579x420.jpg","home_baner-width":579,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Gratitude With Attitude","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The instinct to give thanks is one of the signals of transcendence in the human condition","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":50046,"alt":"","title":"dt8-gratitude","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","width":1000,"height":726,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-300x218.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":218,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-768x558.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":558,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":726,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":726,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":726,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":726,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-579x420.jpg","home_baner-width":579,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"7","chapter_main_number":"97","date":"20260112","wall_id":"97"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"354","name":"Rabbi Sacks","old_id":"754"},{"term_id":"520","name":"Gratitude","old_id":"920"}]},{"order":7,"id":"44597","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Free-Will Offering ","post_title":"The Free-Will Offering","slug":"the-free-will-offering","old_id":"44597","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36669,"post_title":"Yakov Azriel","slug":"yakov-azriel","old_id":"36669","first_name":"Yakov ","last_name":"Azriel","description":"Yakov Azriel, who lives in Israel, has published five books of poetry in the USA and hundreds of poems in journals and magazines. 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\"But if his sacrifice of an offering is of a vow or a free-will offering . . .\" (Leviticus 7:16)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I lost the violin my father bought;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I lost my sister's silver flute; I lost<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>my brother's golden horn, which I had tossed<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>aside; I lost the songs my mother taught.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I lost a galaxy of stars I thought<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>would always shine; I lost the winter's frost<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and summer's heat; I lost a ring that cost<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>a thousand crowns; I lost the dreams I sought. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

You find me, God, as lost as night, without<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>a compass or the map that Moses drew,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>without a sky above my head or ground<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>beneath my feet, without the strength to shout<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>for help in finding paths that lead to You,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>a path like one that Abraham had found. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

II<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O God, You find the violin I lost;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You find the missing flute and horn; You find<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>my mother's music-sheets with every kind<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>of song she sang; You find the dreams I tossed<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>away in tears; You find the ring that cost<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>me all my prayers, and stars that realigned<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>in constellations hidden from the mind;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You find the summer's heat and winter's frost. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

I lost You, so I thought, and life without<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Your Presence meant the dreams I dreamt of You<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>were gone forever, buried in the ground.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But no! Although it's true I cannot shout<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Your name nor read the map that Moses drew<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>in blazing ink, I bring the ring You found.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":84152,"alt":"","title":"ps54-lost and found","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","width":1920,"height":1091,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-300x170.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":170,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-768x436.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":436,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-1024x582.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":873,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1091,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-1200x682.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-739x420.jpg","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"The Free-Will Offering","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"You find the dreams I tossed away in tears \/ You find the ring that cost me all my prayers","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":84152,"alt":"","title":"ps54-lost and found","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","width":1920,"height":1091,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-300x170.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":170,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-768x436.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":436,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-1024x582.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":873,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1091,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-1200x682.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps54-lost-and-found-739x420.jpg","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Leviticus","chapter":"7","chapter_main_number":"97","date":"20260112","wall_id":"97"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"}]},{"order":8,"id":"44591","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Whole-Bodied Rituals ","post_title":"Whole-Bodied Rituals","slug":"whole-bodied-rituals","old_id":"44591","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":43148,"post_title":"Jonathan Posner","slug":"jonathan-posner","old_id":"43148","first_name":"Jonathan ","last_name":"Posner","description":"Jonathan Posner is a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. 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This chapter\u2019s description of the <\/span>asham<\/span><\/em>, the guilt-offering, is a recipe of rich flavors and instructions on how to prepare the choicest cuts of meat. The sacrifices are about more than feeding God: humans experience these rituals too, and since the goal is to expiate guilt, the aromas are, in part, for the guilty person or their priestly surrogate to reflect on that guilt, and the life changes to come.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Such an exacting cooking process would produce roasted meat nothing short of delicious. At some level, the answers to the questions of which cuts, how they are cooked, and who eats them are arbitrary. The flavors produced by these processes are consistent, and no singular flavor inherently evokes guilt, forgiveness, or gratitude. Rather, the sacrifices assign human emotions to specific flavors. This codifies a natural human process. Aromas and flavors are some of the strongest emotional triggers we have, and the sacrificial system seeks to pass down what these recipes are meant to evoke.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We also learn how to prepare a meal fit for God. The <\/span>asham<\/span><\/em> opens a world-class meal with deep humility, and infuses the experience with <\/span>kedushah<\/span><\/em>, holiness, for \u201cit is most holy.\u201d The <\/span>minhah<\/span><\/em> is translated as \u201cmeal offering,\u201d and echoes how Jews traditionally relate to bread\u2014it\u2019s simply not a meal without it. <\/span>Zevah hashelamim<\/span><\/em>\u2019s<\/em> translation as \u201cwellbeing-offering\u201d conveys the Hebrew\u2019s emotion. <\/span>Shin lamed mem<\/span><\/em> suggests wholeness, completeness, and peace. If we are fulfilled, we are at peace, and nothing can be a purer expression of a person\u2019s wellbeing than a celebratory meal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We have built an ever-richer meal culminating in the <\/span>zevah<\/span><\/em>. On their own, these aromas and tastes evoke guilt, forgiveness, servitude, and humility. Together, we experience a wholeness, a satisfaction worth blessing. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And these rites are whole-bodied: Taste, smell, and touch are paramount, allowing our relationship to God to remain rich and present not just in our minds, but also in our physical world. 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The sacrificial offering associated with giving thanks to God (<\/span>korban todah<\/span><\/i>) differs in crucial ways from other sacrifices mentioned in the book of Leviticus. Whereas other sacrifices of well-being may be eaten until the third day, this chapter tells us that \u201cthe flesh of [the] thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being shall be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it shall be set aside until the morning\u201d (Leviticus 7:15). Whatever is left over until the following morning must be burned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does the Torah find the prospect of leftovers disturbing? Why must the thanksgiving offering\u2014of all sacrifices\u2014be eaten on the very day it is brought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) offers one explanation: The Torah\u2019s purpose is to publicize the miracle the person is celebrating. The fact that a great deal of food must be consumed in a short time leads the thankful person to invite \u201crelatives, friends, and acquaintances to share in his meal and his joy.\u201d He will thus have the opportunity to tell them of the wonders and miracles that were done for him, and God\u2019s name will be publicly glorified (Abravanel, Commentary to Leviticus 7:11ff).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    I\u2019d like to propose another (perhaps complementary) way of thinking about why the thankful person needs to invite others to share in his meal: The nature of gratitude is such that it is inherently outward-looking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Gratitude, crucially, is not just a feeling. Many moral philosophers maintain that a core aspect of gratitude is the desire to respond, the urge to repay or pay forward the kindness we have been shown. Gratitude is the bridge between the realization of how much I have been given, and the commitment to be a giver myself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    What I am suggesting is that the laws around the consumption of the thanksgiving offering are intended to express and inculcate a core religious value: When one has been the beneficiary of God\u2019s kindness, one is expected to bestow kindness oneself. \u00a0Deep joy is meant to be shared. In this instance, it is not just one\u2019s family or friends who must be included, but also (and perhaps especially) those who are socio-economically vulnerable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The simple requirement that there not be any leftovers from the thanksgiving offering thus teaches us a fundamental theological and spiritual lesson. We are not meant to rest content with being recipients of God\u2019s gifts but are asked to becoming givers ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

    God\u2019s gifts are meant to flow <\/span>through <\/span><\/i>us and not merely <\/span>to <\/span><\/i>us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    1. Rules of distribution<\/em>. How do the priests divide up the parts of the sacrifices that are given to them by law? This too is rule-governed. Look for the rules in verses 7-13, 31-33.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Festive baked goods<\/em>. The thanksgiving offering is accompanied by baked goods of fine flour, and even leavened bread: \u201cunleavened cakes with oil mixed in, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of choice flour with oil mixed in, well soaked\u2026with cakes of leavened bread added\u2026\u201d (verses 12-13).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. Its time has passed.<\/em> Time is a critical element, and distinguishes between that which is desired, and that which has become a sacrilege. Overnight the meat goes from being\u00a0 a source of closeness, to one of sin. (Might this be the original inspiration\u00a0 for Cinderella\u2019s carriage that turns into a pumpkin at midnight?).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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