Secular Holidays

An Offering of Thanksgiving

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Naamah Kelman

Both The Torah: A Modern Commentary 1 and The Torah: A Women's Commentary 2 offer the following midrash for this week's portion pertaining to the sacrifice of the sh'lamim given as an offering of thanksgiving: Though all sacrifices may be discontinued in the future (for in the messianic age humankind