Things Returned to Their Former State
Things returned to how they were before.
("Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korḥa said: These matters were instituted by Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai after the destruction of the Temple, so that when the Temple is rebuilt, speedily in our days, these matters will return to their former state" - Tosefta, tractate Rosh Hashanah (Lieberman), chapter 2)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָזְרוּ הַדְּבָרִים לְיֶשְׁנָן
Definition (Hebrew)
הַדְּבָרִים שָׁבוּ לִהְיוֹת כְּפִי שֶׁהָיוּ קֹודֶם לָכֵן.
("אָמַר ר' יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָא דְּבָרִים אִלּוּ הִתְקִין רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּי מִשֶּׁחֶרֶב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לִכְשֶׁיִּבָּנֶה הַבַּיִת בִּמְהֵרָה (בְּיָמֵינוּ) יַחְזְרוּ דְּבָרִים אִלּוּ לְיָשְׁנָן"- תּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַסֶּכֶת רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (לִיבֶּרְמָן) פֶּרֶק ב)