Monday 15 August 2016

sources mekorot - A list of all the miracles associated with the Man (Manna)


The Ibn Ezra on Sh'mot 16:35 writes



נסים רבים היו במן



I know of some of the many miracles associated with the mon but is there a complete list anywhere with citations and sources?


So far here are what I know based on what I have read and heard (from text, lists, medrash and word of mouth, though I don't have sources for each or know that each is authoritative/supported):




  • the falling of the mon in general

  • that it could taste like whatever the eater wanted it to

  • it was absorbed completely in the body leading to no bodily waste

  • it fell closer to the camp for righteous people

  • Yehoshua's fell near Moshe

  • it was not visible on Shabbat though it fell

  • no matter how much anyone collected, it became 1 omer

  • 1 omer became the amount each person needed

  • it evaporated by mid day

  • the amount collected on Friday became 2 omers


  • the extra turned rancid by the next day except the doubled portion on Fridays

  • the mon stayed in the Ark and didn't run rancid

  • the mon collected right before Moshe's death stayed good for the 40 or so days until people made bread in Canaan

  • it stopped at Moshe's death




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