M.A., we are not supposed to be monks. We are supposed to elevate the material by being active in the world. All of the Tanaim and Amoraim either worked or lived from the rents paid by sharecroppers (which required knowledge of how to deal with them). They dealt with real-life legal problems and discussed psychological insights (e.g. “ain adam meiz panim bifnei baal chovo”). This is the true realtionship of the Jew with Hashem. Thus, when the Bet Mikdash is in place we can bring shelamim and eat them b’kedusha. A goy can only bring an olah, which is completely given over to Hashem.
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