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Why the Manna Fell at Everyone's Doorstep -- in Different Amounts

Why the Manna Fell at Everyone's Doorstep -- in Different Amounts

Part of Shemot · 19:33

A sugya on the manna's distribution, how it revealed who was a beinoni (tied to the Tanya's definition), and the consequence of improperly demanding meat.

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New Mishnah on Manna Distribution

there a new one? Yeah, ืกื™ืžืŸ ืก\"ื”. You know here it's ืจืœ\"ื. ืจืœ\"ื? We're holding on top in third line from the top. We're talking still about the man here. ื›ืชื™ื‘, one ืคืกื•ืง says ื•ื‘ืจื“ืช ื”ื˜ืœ ืขืœ ื”ืžื—ื ื” ืœื™ืœื”. When the ื˜ืœ came down to the camp at night, they would see the man the next morning. So where did it come? In the ืžื—ื ื”, in the camp. ื›ืชื™ื‘, another ืคืกื•ืง says ื•ื™ืฆื ื”ืขื ื•ืœืงื˜ื•. They had to go out in the ืžื—ื ื” to collect. ื›ืชื™ื‘, another ืคืกื•ืง says ืฉื˜ื• ื”ืขื ื•ืœืงื˜ื•, they even had to spread out, they had to go not just out of the ืžื—ื ื”, they had to go far. ื”ื ื›ื™ืฆื“? How does it work? So the answer is, ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื ื™ืจื“ ืœื”ื ืขืœ ืคืชื— ื‘ืชื™ื”ื. Tzadikim it came flush in the ืžื—ื ื”, in front of their door, to save them the job, the tircha. ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื, ื™ืฆืื• ื”ืขื ื•ืœืงื˜ื•, ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื they had to go out to collect, but not that far, and the ืจืฉืขื™ื, ืฉื˜ื• ื”ืขื ื•ืœืงื˜ื•, they had to go spread out, go far. I

Jokey Pshat About Hunger and Seeing Food

once heard a pshat, it's not a real pshat, but it's like a jokey pshat on this this Gemara. There's a ืคืกื•ืง it says ื•ื™ืขื ืš, we learned that earlier, ื•ื™ืขื ืš ื•ื™ืจืขื‘ืš ื•ื™ืื›ื™ืœืš ืืช ื”ืžืŸ. Hashem made you hungry and gave you the man. So the question the Gemara, what do you mean made hungry? If he gave you the man, that means he gave you food, so you're not hungry. So the Gemara answered that it since they tasted in the food, but they didn't see it, you don't get so full if you don't see the food. Also they didn't have anything in storage. Every day they have to pick up and they had nothing, so it's ืคืช ื‘ืกืœื•. So I heard a pshat, this Gemara says that the reshaim had to go far. So it was very obvious who's a tzadik, who's a beinoni and a rasha. Some of the reshaim were embarrassed, that they better they didn't go to collect. So they stayed hungry! So finally he gave him the man, ื•ื™ืขื ืš ื•ื™ืจืขื‘ืš ื•ื™ืื›ื™ืœืš, gave us the man, so it kept kept some people hungry. How did they decide who... No, just fell in front of the house, by tzadikim in front of their house. For the ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™... No, if it came in front of your house... Yeah, so in front of in front of your door, but my at my door. Sometimes, yeah, it's in front of ืคืชื—ื™ ื‘ืชื™ื”ื. And ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื had to walk? Had to walk. Who decides who's ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™, who's ืจืฉืข? You're lucky you got front of the door. I didn't get front of my door. That's the problem! Excuse me,

Identifying Your Class by Manna Collection Spot

how do I know if mine is there, or why let me... Oh, so I'll tell you. How do I identify? No. If you're If the person is a ืจืฉืข, if the guy is a ืจืฉืข, and he went to collect the middle, he would come home with nothing. The ืžืŸ, how much you collect... He didn't know. He thought... You went to collect! You thought you're a ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™. The guy thought... No no no, there was some in this area, there were three areas. Some in front of the door. Right? Forget it. Some were a mile away, some was two miles. So you assumed you went for the mile, not for the two miles. How do I know? No, you went, you tried! You tried to go to the... You tried to get a mile away and you got came home and they had nothing, because the ืžืŸ, if you didn't deserve it, just like if you took too much, you got less. There was a sign on it? Huh? No sign on it. Then take, take the package, like bring home my own. Yeah. No, there was no sign! Bring your name on it. You came and you picked a package. So if you If a person is a ืจืฉืข, if you picked a package far, he got it. He came home with a package. If you picked a package where it's not his place, he came home, it was empty. So some people probably went all three. They went very far, they picked it from there, the middle, and then... Well, okay, they tried it, and then they came home, they only had enough. It says it, ื”ืžืจื‘ื” ืœื... If someone took more, didn't get, came home and became less. So the same thing here, when they came home, they didn't have. Where did the ืขื ื•ื” go? Huh? The ืขื ื•ื”, where did it go? No, but in front of the house, there's no ืขื ื•ื”. It came in front of the house. And the other one, they probably went further, so they went further. So probably on the way... The other was the righteous one. No, he's asking the people who assumed that they were ืจืฉืขื™ื, but really they weren't, so they went to the third level. They deserve nothing. But really, they could have gone before. So probably, one day they tried, and they saw it wasn't good, so the next day they knew where they belonged, I guess. What about the ones that came that did teshuvah, and they were, you know, on the way out? On the way, they did teshuvah? Oh, okay. It doesn't say ื‘ืขืœื™ ืชืฉื•ื‘ื”. It says ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื, ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื, ืจืฉืขื™ื. I don't know where ื‘ืขืœื™ ืชืฉื•ื‘ื” fit in. That's pending. He's happy. He's good. What do you say? A ืฆื“ื™ืง would have known that he was going to go the whole way out... He got up before everybody else, takes it in so nobody would see that he got it. No, but if it's in front of your house, it has nothing to do with ืขื ื•ื”. It's there, so you take it, it's there! I don't know if I'm not a ืฆื“ื™ืง, but the the Aibershter gave it to me in front of my door, so I just... No ืขื ื•ื” here. ื‘ื›ืœืœ, you have to know that there's nothing to do with ืขื ื•ื”. ืขื ื•ื” doesn't mean a ืฆื“ื™ืง thinks he's a ืจืฉืข. That's not ืขื ื•ื”, that's stupidity. That's ืฉื˜ื•ืช. He doesn't behave like... Bitul? No, that's bitul means that you don't know your ืžืขืœื•ืช? Farkert! It says just like a person is supposed to know his ื—ืกืจื•ื ื•ืช, he's supposed to know your ืžืขืœื•ืช. You don't know your ืžืขืœื•ืช, you're a fool. The pshat is, an

Understanding Anav (Humility) Through Mosheโ€™s Example

ืขื ื™ื• means that I think that if somebody else would have had my upbringing and my ืžืขืœื•ืช and my head and my this and my that, would have been ten times better than me. But I know Moshe Rabbeinu was the biggest ืขื ื™ื•, but he didn't know he was Moshe Rabbeinu? He, it says ืžื›ืœ ื”ืื“ื ืืฉืจ ืขืœ ืคื ื™ ื”ืื“ืžื”. Every ืจืฉืข he felt he's much better than me. He didn't know he's the ืžืงื‘ืœ ื”ืชื•ืจื”? No, right. An anav is not a Well, but when it says in ืคืจืฉืช ื‘ื”ืขืœื•ืชืš, which was way after ืžืชืŸ ืชื•ืจื”, it says Moshe was the biggest anav out of all the people in the world. What do you mean he was an anav? So, I'm telling you the pshat. Doesn't mean he thought he was worse than this other than all other people. He knew he's not worse. He knew he's a tzadik. He knew, a ืฆื“ื™ืง ื”ื“ื•ืจ doesn't know he's a tzadik? He thinks that it's, \"Oh, not my I don't get credit for it. Somebody else would have had the same maalot, would have been a billion times better.\" Moshe thought the worst Yid would have the same father as him, the same neshamah, would have worked much better, would have been much better. That's called an anav, but an anav is not a fool. An anav is not is not a a a a shoteh. Yes, yes. Whatever whatever he is supposed to do. The pshat is, what does he expect of himself? If a person will be an anav and say, \"I'm nothing.\" You know what he'll do? He won't learn, he won't daven, \"I'm not ืฉื™ื™ืš to it.\" No, it says that's why you have to know your maalot. If a person knows, \"I have a good head,\" it's expected of me to learn more. But if I think, \"Nah, my head isn't, I know nothing,\" then that's not an anav. Okay, we'll get back here. Huh? Yeah. Yeah. To learn, learn, oh that's right. That, yeah. Actually, we can't say that. Yeah, that's fundamentals. In the

Tanyaโ€™s Discussion on Beinoniโ€™s Selfโ€‘Perception

beginning of Tanya he asks the she'eilah, he wants to prove a beinoni has no aveirot. The re'ayah is that Rabbah thought he was a beinoni. Now, how could Rabbah make a mistake he's a beinoni? So, right away when you learn that perek, in the first perek, it's on the first page! Right away you answer very simple, he was an anav! Really he was a tzadik. Why did he say, \"I'm a beinoni\"? Because he was an anav. But the answer to that, the vort is, that's not an answer! A person that's a tzadik knows he's a tzadik. The answer in Tanya is that there's a type of beinoni which is so close to a tzadik, his ื›ืœื™ื and his neshamah he's mamash, he sleeps the whole day, then you can make a mistake. But between a ืฆื“ื™ืง and a ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™, you can't make a mistake. A ืจืฉืข and a A guy says, \"I didn't put on ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ today, right? I'm an ืขื ื™ื•, I forgot I didn't put on ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ.\" Today, we're going to be ืžืฉื•ื’ืข, it's not like that. Anyway, so the Gemara weiter, ื›ืชื™ื‘ one pasuk says ืœื—ื, that the mon came down as bread. ื›ืชื™ื‘ one pasuk says it came down as ืขื•ื’ื•ืช. ืขื•ื’ื•ืช is like a cake. ื›ืชื™ื‘ another pasuk says ื•ื˜ื—ื ื•, they had to grind it. How come so? ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื ืœื—ื, it came fertig, finished bread. ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื ืขื•ื’ื•ืช, that they still had to bake, but it came down like dough already. And ืจืฉืขื™ื ื•ื˜ื—ื ื• ื‘ืจื™ื—ื™ื, the ืจืฉืขื™ื came down and they had to grind it, and they had to make it into flour and Then it says weiter, the pasuk says ื•ื“ื›ื• ื‘ืžื“ื•ื›ื”, that they would grind it with a grinder. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ืืžืจ ืจื‘, ืจื‘ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” said in the name of ืจื‘, ื•ืื™ืชื™ืžื some say ืจื‘ ื—ืžื ื‘ืจื‘ื™ ื—ื ื™ื ื said this, ืžืœืžื“ ืฉื™ื•ืจื“ ืœื”ื ืœืžืŸ ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ืฉื™ืจื“ ืœื”ื ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ืขื ื”ืžืŸ ืชื›ืฉื™ื˜ื™ ื ืฉื™ื. Makeup that the woman used came down together with the mon. ื“ื‘ืจ ืฉืžื ื™ื“ืง ื‘ืžื“ื•ื›ื”, this makeup, this powder, these things that they have to grind, and it says ื•ื“ื›ื• ื‘ืžื“ื•ื›ื” that means they got all that together with the mon. Then it says ื•ื‘ืฉืœื• ื‘ืคืจื•ืจ, Huh? No, he wasn't afraid. No. The vort is the mon was such a ruchniyusdike thing that it had a full shleimut. All good things came with it. No, no, came along. When they found the mon, they also found this thing. Now, the next thing is, ื•ื‘ืฉืœื• ื‘ืคืจื•ืจ ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื—ืžื ืžืœืžื“ ืฉื™ืจื“ ืœื”ื ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ืขื ื”ืžืŸ ืฆื™ืงื™ ืงื“ืจื”. Together with the mon they got spices for food. Came along. You think only the mon? The mon was like the bread, the mon was like the flour. But then, they brought good things along with it. And it

Manna Accompanied by Jewels and Stones

says it says by the by the ืžืœืื›ืช ื”ืžืฉื›ืŸ, when they brought the ื ื“ื‘ื•ืช, the donations, it says people brought, and then ื”ื, the workers, ื”ื‘ื™ืื• ืืœื™ื• ืขื•ื“ ื ื“ื‘ื” ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ื‘ื‘ืงืจ. Every morning they brought more. ืžืื™ ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ื‘ื‘ืงืจ? What does it mean ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ื‘ื‘ืงืจ, morning morning? ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื‘ืจ ื ื—ืžื ื™ ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ื ืชืŸ, he says, ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืฉื™ื•ืจื“ ืœื”ื ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ื‘ื‘ืงืจ. What, they brought things which came down to them every morning. What came down every morning? The mann. So, what did they bring? They didn't bring the mann. They brought gold, silver, jewels. ืžืœืžื“ ืฉื™ื•ืจื“ ืœื”ื ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ืื‘ื ื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช ื•ืžืจื’ืœื™ื•ืช ืขื ื”ืžืŸ. It shows that it was together with the mann came down jewels and diamonds and and everything came down, gold, everything came down with the mann. That's one of the places. They got money from before. They had from Mitzrayim, they have plenty from Mitzrayim. The one that came out with the least came out with ninety donkeys loaded with gold and silver and diamonds. So, they had plenty. Now, they got more. And that's takeh one of the she'elot, If they had so much money, why did the Eibershter have to give them more of, whatever it is, ืื‘ื ื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช? What's the purpose of a nes? Nes is only for a reason. The answer is this wasn't a nes. It was natural. Since the mann was ืžืื›ืœ ืืœื•ืงื™, it was a Godly thing, so it came down with all the shleimut. So automatically it came down with gold and silver. Why did it have all the tastes? Is that a special nes? Because it wasn't ืžื•ื’ื‘ืœ. It was lechatchilah, says in pasuk, it calls it ืœื—ื ืžืŸ ื”ืฉืžื™ื, the ื“ื’ืŸ ืฉืžื™ื. It's ื“ื’ืŸ, grain ืžืŸ ื”ืฉืžื™ื. So in Chassidut it says that the mann was a ืจื•ื—ื ื™ื•ืช'ื“ื™ืงืขืจ ืžืื›ืœ, and when it came down ืœืžื˜ื”, it maintained its ืจื•ื—ื ื™ื•ืช'ื“ื™ืงืข ืขื ื™ืŸ. And therefore, all these things came along with it. Gashmiyut, all the best that ruchniyut and gashmiyut. Says the mann gave them koach to learn. Says a ืžื“ืจืฉ, ืœื ื ื™ืชื ื” ืชื•ืจื” ืืœื ืœืื•ื›ืœื™ ืžื“ืจืฉ ืืœื ืœืื•ื›ืœื™ ื”ืžืŸ. Well, let's forget with the Baal Haturim, that the Torah was given, who could really darshan it? Those that ate the mann. Now, really what that means, the peshat, it means the Yidden in the Midbar. But why did he say the mann? Say the Torah was given ืœื™ื•ืฆืื™ ืžืฆืจื™ื, ื”ืœื›ื™ ืžื“ื‘ืจ, ืขื•ื‘ืจื™ ืžื“ื‘ืจ. It has to do with the ืžืŸ, because the ืžืŸ was such a ืจื•ื—ื ื™ื•ืช'ื“ื™ืงืข ืขื ื™ืŸ that it gave all the inyanim, ruchniyut and gashmiyut, it brought on everything. It sounds like when Mashiach comes. When Mashiach will come, we'll taste the ืžืŸ again. Yeah. It says in Sefer Chassidim it says when Mashiach will come, we're going to eat from the ืžืŸ, and we'll make a berachah: ื”ืžื•ืฆื™ื ืœื—ื ืžืŸ ื”ืฉืžื™ื. Does that mean that the ืžืŸ No, no, no, the ืžืŸ that was left, it'll be enough. Everyone will have a taste. And they made, it says in the ืžื“ื‘ืจ they made the ื‘ืจื›ื” ื”ืžื•ืฆื™ื ืœื—ื ืžืŸ ื”ืฉืžื™ื. This will be from the ืฆื ืฆื ืช ื”ืžืŸ that they put away in the Yeah, there'll be enough for everybody. Has the zechut, if they have the zechut to Yeah, yeah. Where did the Yidden keep all these gashmiyusdike treasures? What's that? In the ืžื“ื‘ืจ. If you need ninety donkeys to carry your stuff, What did they do? What did they do? And what did they do with all the animals that they had? You know, had ืฆืืŸ ื•ื‘ืงืจ. And that's what the ืžื—ื ื” ื™ืฉืจืืœ took, like that. They ate them. Huh? Slowly. Slowly through the years they ate them. Why did they complain about the ืฉืœื• if they had the ืฆืืŸ ื•ื‘ืงืจ? Exactly. They wanted That's why the Eibershter was upset. Aha. The Eibershter was upset. Because of the fact that they had so much That's, yeah, different reasons. First of all, you don't ask for meat. Right. You have bread, thank God, don't ask. And then, especially that they had. And why takeh did Bnei Gad u'Vnei Reuven have so much sheep, so much cattle? Because they ื—ื‘ื‘, ื—ื™ื‘ื‘ื• ืืช ื”ืžืŸ, they loved the ืžืŸ, so they didn't eat their meat. That's why it's called Bnei Gad, Gad it says the ืžืŸ is ื›ื–ืจืข ื’ื“. So it has to do with it. So the shechitah, that whole inyan was after by Noach, right? When they They didn't have shechitah before, after, I don't know. No, it's shechitah by ืžืชืŸ ืชื•ืจื”. ืžืชืŸ ืชื•ืจื” was given shechitah. Yeah? Okay. Okay, so he says ืื‘ื ื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื•ืช came down. Where do we see this? Because it's, and it says in ืคืกื•ืง, ื•ื”ื ืฉืื ื”ื‘ื™ืื•, it's after the parasha the ื ืฉื™ืื™ื didn't bring any ื ื“ื‘ื•ืช to the Mishkan. They waited till the end and there was nothing left so they brought this ืื‘ื ื™ื. So it says, who are the ื ืฉื™ืื™ื? So one pshat is ืขื ื ื™ ื”ื ืฉื™ืื™ื ืžืžืฉ. ื ืฉื™ืื™ื means clouds. The word ื ืฉื™ืื™ื means clouds. ื›ืื™ืŸ, ื›ื ืืžืจ, like it says ื ืฉื™ืื™ื ื•ืจื•ื— ื•ื’ืฉื ืื™ืŸ, it says there's no rain, there's no clouds and no wind and no rain. So another pshat pshat is the ื ืฉื™ืื™ื, but this pshat is came the clouds. Where did it come with the clouds? Came with the mann. With the same things that came down with the mann, so they had these things. That's where they got them from. That's where they got them, yeah. Then the pasuk says, ื•ื”ื™ื” ื˜ืขืžื• ื›ื˜ืขื ืœืฉื“ ื”ืฉืžืŸ. Its taste was like the taste of ืœืฉื“ ื”ืฉืžืŸ. What's that? ืืžืจ ืื‘ื”ื•, ืืœ ืชืงืจื™ ืœืฉื“ ืืœื ืฉื“. Now this, there's different pshatim. One pshat is ืฉื“ื™ื means a real ืฉื“. ืฉื“ื™ื, ืžื” ืฉื“ ื–ื” ืžืชื”ืคืš ืœื›ืžื” ื’ื•ื•ื ื™ื, like a ืฉื“ could change into colors, ืืฃ ื”ืžืŸ ืžืชื”ืคืš ืœื›ืžื” ื˜ืขืžื™ื, the mann could change into many tastes. ืื™ื›ื ื“ืืžืจื™, it means ืฉื“ ืžืžืฉ, it means the breast from where you nurse. ืžื” ืฉื“ ื–ื” ื›ืœ ื–ืžืŸ ืฉื”ืชื™ื ื•ืง ืžืžืฉืžืฉ ื‘ื• ืžื•ืฆื ื‘ื• ื›ืžื” ื˜ืขืžื™ื, the child as long as he eats from the mother feels all kinds of tastes, he feels the taste of the food that the mother ate, so he could taste every day he could taste different foods in the milk, ืืฃ ื”ืžืŸ ื›ืœ ื–ืžืŸ ืฉื™ืฉืจืืœ ืื•ื›ืœื™ืŸ ืื•ืชื• ืžื•ืฆืื™ืŸ ื‘ื• ื›ืžื” ื˜ืขืžื™ื. As long as the Yidden ate, they found more more tastes. So is it by the cucumbers, the spicy things that they said is dangerous for the for a pregnant and for No, no. Yeah, for a pregnant woman. Yeah, for the woman or for the For both. And also no good for a nursing mother. And the but they still tasted it even though There's two pshatim we learned yesterday. One pshat they didn't have the taste. One pshat they had the taste, but they didn't have this texture. They didn't have this So which was dangerous, the texture or the taste? Well, depends according to which pshat. It didn't have the chemical makeup of Taste it like it. had the substance, one one Everything else had the substance too. Yeah. Except these five. That's according to one pshat, yesterday we learned. One pshat is like that, one pshat is not. Then there's a ืคืกื•ืง that says nowadays you think? What? The idea of those five things? Ask the doctors. I'm a physician. Does the Rambam mention it? I think so. Yeah. So

Meat vs. Bread: Timing of Consumption

there is a ืคืกื•ืง, ื•ื™ืืžืจ ืžืฉื”, ืžืฉื” said, ื‘ืชืช ื”ืณ ืœื›ื ื‘ืขืจื‘ ื‘ืฉืจ ืœืื›ื•ืœ, that Hashem will give you in the evening meat to eat, ื•ืœื—ื ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ืœืฉื‘ื•ืข, and bread in the morning to be full. So, meat He gave at night, and bread during the day. ืชื ื ืžืฉืžื™ื” ื“ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื‘ืŸ ืงืจื—ื”, we learned in the name of ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ื‘ืŸ ืงืจื—ื”, ืœื—ื ืฉืฉืืœื• ื›ื”ื•ื’ืŸ ื ื™ืชืŸ ืœื”ื ื›ื”ื•ื’ืŸ, bread that they asked properly, a person needs bread to live, so when they asked for it, it was their right request, so the Aibershter gave it the proper way, during the day when everything is fine. ื‘ืฉืจ ืฉืฉืืœื• ืฉืœื ื›ื”ื•ื’ืŸ, when they asked for meat, and that's something they didn't, and besides that, first of all, they they could manage without, and besides that, they had so much sheep they could have eaten. Why did they ask for meat? They could have had their own animals. ื ื™ืชืŸ ืœื”ื ืฉืœื ื›ื”ื•ื’ืŸ, was also given to them not in a proper way, given to them at night. ื•ืžื›ืืŸ ืœื™ืžื“ื” ืชื•ืจื” ื“ืจืš ืืจืฅ, the Torah taught you ื“ืจืš ืืจืฅ, ืฉืœื ื™ืื›ืœ ืื“ื ื‘ืฉืจ ืืœื ื‘ืขืจื‘, you should only eat meat in the evening, night. ืคืจืขื’ื˜ ื“ื™ Gemara, didn't we learn yesterday, we learned, ืืžืจ ืื‘ื™ื™, ื”ืื™ ืžืืŸ ื“ืื™ืช ืœื™ื” ืกืขื•ื“ืชื, if a person has a meal, ืœื ื™ื™ื›ืœื™ื” ืืœื ื‘ื™ืžืžื, should eat it during the day. And the reason we gave because you don't see what you eat, you'll never be full, so eat it during the day. And now we're saying you should eat at night? VehaGemara answers, ืžืื™ ื™ืžืžื, what do we mean during the day? ื›ืขื™ืŸ ื™ืžืžื, like daytime, it means with a candle. Don't eat in the dark, that's what we're saying. Don't eat in the dark, because eating in the dark, you don't see. You know it was a kind of a punishment, now that they didn't ask in the right way, so they got the meat at night. They had to eat it at night, that was their punishment. Yeah, but. Without a candle, I mean. If there's candles, probably also. If there's candles also. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืื—ื ื‘ืจ ื™ืขืงื‘ ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื, ืจื‘ ืื—ื ื‘ืจ ื™ืขืงื‘ said in the name of ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื, ื‘ืชื—ื™ืœื” ื”ื™ื• ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื“ื•ืžื™ื ืœืชืจื ื’ื•ืœื™ื, until then, the Yidden were like chickens. When does chicken, when is their meal time? ืฉืžื ืงืจื™ื ื‘ืืฉืคื”, all day they're picking the there's no time, so the Yidden ate all day, ืขื“ ืฉื‘ื ืžืฉื” ื•ืงื‘ืข ืœื”ื ื–ืžืŸ ืกืขื•ื“ื”, until came Moshe Rabbeinu and made a time. It's time to eat in the morning, a time, like he said here, the morning you eat the bread, night you eat the meat, he told them a time. See, that's healthy eating, a little bit at a time during the day instead of sitting down for big meals. My doctor Snacking all day? Yeah. No, it's it's healthy. Why, you know? Then the pasuk says, ื”ื‘ืฉืจ ืขื•ื“ื ื• ื‘ื™ืŸ ืฉื™ื ื™ื”ื, the Aibershter was

Consequences of Improperly Asking for Meat

upset that they asked for the meat, so even while the meat was still between their teeth, they died. So, one pasuk says they died right away, ksiv another ืคืกื•ืง, ืขื“ ื—ื•ื“ืฉ ื™ืžื™ื, until a month, took a month after they got the meat, that's when they died. ื”ื ื›ื™ืฆื“? So, the answer is, ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื™ื ืœืืœืชืจ ืžืชื•, the ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื™ื died right away, they didn't suffer, and ืจืฉืขื™ื ื ืฆื˜ืขืจื• ื•ื”ืœื›ื• ืขื“ ื—ื•ื“ืฉ ื™ืžื™ื, they were suffering for a month. Only the ones who asked for it died, or? Yeah, I guess. I mean, most people asked for it. Most people died after they had the ืฉืœื™ื•? I don't think most, but a lot of people. Not everyone died. There was a ืžื’ืคื”. Because they didn't ask for the ืฉืœื™ื•. Who? Doesn't mention the ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื, yeah? So, because I guess they didn't ask, they were okay, they had Because, you know, could be they ate it, could be they ate it. When it came, they ate it. They didn't complain. They didn't complain, yeah. They didn't complain, yeah. So, only the ื‘ื™ื ื•ื ื™ื™ื and ืจืฉืขื™ื. I misunderstood what you said before. They asked for it not ื›ื”ื•ื’ืŸ, therefore the Aibershter gave it to them at night and that was when Moshe Rabbeinu said that's when they should eat meat? No, that's two separate things. He gave it at night, which is hard to collect. It's a much harder job to collect at night. By the by, since He gave it at night, it taught them a lesson, you should only eat meat at night. But what they had at

Eating at Night Before a Candle โ€“ Halachic Nuance

night, it means what the he should eat at night, but he should eat in front of a candle, you should see it. So that's like a side a subtle hora'ah that we got from here. Plus they didn't have time to prepare it and eat it. If it came at night, they couldn't prepare it for supper. Eat it the next day. Goodbye. Did they get like that every day like the man? Like they get like that every day, the meat? Like it was portioned also? There is a machloket whether it came once or twice, or it's throughout the whole. There's one shita that's throughout the whole ืžื“ื‘ืจ years they had ืฉืœื™ื•. If there was so much of it that it became, it came all the time. Yeah, they got fed up with it. So, you're supposed to eat light at night, you mean that you should eat bread at night? Eat a little bit of meat maybe and white, not too much. Not Not a whole meal. Anyway, that's no re'aya for nowadays.

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