1)

What is the significance of the Torah's description of the Manna to coriander seeds and to crystal?

1.

Rashi: The Manna was (pleasantly) round like a coriander seed and sparkled like crystal.

2)

What is the connection between this Pasuk and the complaints discussed in the previous Pesukim?

1.

Rashi: Wheres the previous Pesukim presents the people's complaint against the Manna, the current Pasuk presents Hashem's answer to the complaint - as it goes on to describe the beautiful appearance of the Manna and its other positive qualities 1 - When it came down it was round (or white), 2 and when it was ready to eat (or when it turned hard), it sparkled like crystal (Targum Yonasan).

2.

Rashbam: It too constitutes a complaint, inasmuch as it describes the physical features of the Manna - hard and dry, rendering it inedible, like dry wheat. 3


1

Rashi: To show the world the futility of His children's grumblings. See also Targum Yonasan.

2

See Na'ar Yonasan.

3

Rashbam: Refer also to 11:6:1:2. And the following Pesukim discuss Hashem's anger - by describing the transformation that took place once the Manna had been ground in the mill or pounded in a mortar. Refer to 11:8:5:2.

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