In the parashah This week, Tzav (commands) the Torah details the laws of the thanksgiving sacrifice (AllThis offering was brought as a sign of gratitude for divine kindness. Our sages explain that this sacrifice was brought in four specific situations (cited in Rashi's commentary): "after a voyage across the sea, a journey through the desert, release from prison, and the healing of a sick person." The source of this list comes from Psalm 107, which, after recounting these events, says, "Give thanks to God for His goodness and wonders toward mankind, and bring a thanksgiving offering.".
Today, since we no longer have the Temple in Jerusalem, when we encounter any of these situations, we recite a blessing, preferably after being called to read from the Torah. In this blessing, we thank God for His kindness to us.
In reality, we should offer a thanksgiving for miracles and wonders every day, and sometimes several times a day. Moreover, our sages say that with every breath we should praise God. However, we express this thanks in prayers, three times a day. Only one sacrifice was brought... All due to the aforementioned events.
It is interesting to note that the order in which Rashi cites the reasons for bringing a thanksgiving offering differs from the order in the psalm. The psalm's order is: those who journeyed through the desert, prisoners, the sick, and those who journeyed across the sea. Rashi's order is: those who journeyed across the sea, those who journeyed through the desert, prisoners, and the sick person who was healed.
We could say that Rashi's order corresponds to the events that the Jewish people experienced when they left Egypt: first they passed through the sea (the opening of the Sea of Reeds), then they walked through the desert, in which they were "prisoners" for forty years, while the sick person who was cured is a particular miracle, not of an entire people, which is why he is last on the list.
Because of these miracles, the Jewish people did not have to offer a thanksgiving sacrifice, since the offering was only brought when they were in danger, and in these situations, the Jewish people were guided by God, in which case, for sure, there was no danger.
From this we can learn a lesson: when a Jewish He is in exile, even if all his needs are met, like when the Jewish people were in the desert; he is still at the level of a “prisoner.” The divine light that shines during exile is hidden, and it is similar to “being in darkness,” as Psalm 107 says.
That is why every day we should be filled with hope and longing for the coming of Messiah, so that he may take us out of this spiritual and material prison, and lead us to the land of Israel, now!.