B’shalach – Was the manna a miracle?

By |2014-01-05T05:45:53-07:00January 5th, 2014|Thoughts|

                                                              B’SHALACH                                                   (Chapters 13:17–17:16)                                                 Was the manna a miracle?[1]   Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Ethics of the Fathers 5:8 inform us that the manna in Exodus 16:14–36, this “bread from heaven,” was “hidden away from the beginning;” that is, when the world was created. Should we understand this rabbinical statement literally? What is accomplished [...]