B’shalach – Was the manna a miracle?
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 [...]