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What is the significance of the fact that, the moment Miri'am died, Yisrael ran out of water?

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Rashi, R. Bachye and Targum Yonasan (both on Pasuk #1): Because their water - in the form of the well - accompanied them in the desert on the merit of Miriam. 1 2

1

See R. Bachye, who elaborates. See also Torah Temimah citing the Maharsha and Moshav Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim on Pasuk 1.

2

R. Bachye: Which she merited when she watched over Moshe when, as a baby, he was placed in the Nile in a casket.

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