1)

Why does the Torah insert the otherwise superfluous) word "Ad Chodesh Yamim"?

1.

Megilah, 5a: To teach us that one counts days as part of a month but not hours. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 17.

2)

What is the significance of the one month period?

1.

Yerushalmi Mo?ed Katan, 3:1: It teaches us that ?S?tam Niduy (Cherem) Sheloshim Yom?. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 18.

3)

How will we reconcile this Pasuk with Pasuk 33 which indicates that they died immmdiately?

1.

Rashi #1 (citing the Sifri): This Pasuk is referring to the best among them (the Beinonim), who languished in their beds until they died; whereas Pasuk 33 is referring to the Resha'im, who died whilst their first bite was still between their teeth. 1

2.

Rashi #2 (citing the Mechilta): It was the Resha'im who suffered for thirty days before they expired, and the best among them (were spared the agony, and) died immediately.

3.

Ramban #2: On the very first day that the quails fell, many - the first to express their desires, and those who cried with them 2 - died; whilst those who subsequently complained in family groups 3 continued dying throughout the next thirty days, loathing it even as they ate and throwing away piles of quails. 4 4/Seforno (on Pasuk 33): The people who lusted and demanded meat to test Hashem who died immediately; whereas those who followed suit and cried and who declared "Lamah Zeh Yatzanu mi'Mitzrayim?" died over a period of thirty days, and continued to cry due to the ensuing illness.


1

Refer to 11:20:3:3.

2

Ramban: The rabble, in Pasuk 4.

3

In Pasuk 10.

4

Ramban: As it says in Tehilim, 78:27-31.

4)

What are the connotations of "Ad asher Yeitzei me'Apchem"?

1.

Rashi, Rashbam and Targum Onkelos: It means 'until you become sick of it'. 1

2.

Targum Yonasan: It means 'until its fouir odor comes out of your nostrils


1

Rashi: And it is as if you ate excessive quantities of it until it comes out of your bodies via the nose.

5)

What are the connotations of "Ve'hayah lachem le'Zara"?

1.

Rashi #1 (citing the Sifri) and Ramban #1: It means 'You will loathe it 1 more than you were attracted to it. 2

2.

Rashi #2 (citing R. Moshe ha'Darshan): It means that it will be for you a sword.There is a language in which a sword is called 'Zara'.

3.

Seforno: It means 'You will eat it until you get very sick 3


1

Ramban: From the word "Zar" (foreign). The 'Alef' at the end of "Zara" demonstrates extremity. See also Ibn Ezra.

2

Like the asuk in Shmuel 2. 13:19 - in connection with Amnon and Tmar - "Gedolah ha'Sin'ah ? meha'Ahavah" (R. Bachye).

3

Seforno: As the Pasuk in Tehilim, 78:31 intimates. See also Ba'al ha'Turim.

6)

What are the implications of "Ya'an ki Me'astem es Hashem asher b'Kirbechem"?

1.

Rashi: 'Had I not rested My Shechinah among you, you would not have become so arrogant as to do all these things.

7)

Where did Yisrael complain about leaving Egypt?

1.

Rashbam and Seforno: In Pasuk 5, when they reminised about the fish and vegetables that they received there free (and not just Manna - Seforno).

8)

Why did Hashem punish them more stringently here than the other times that they complained?

1.

Rashbam: Because, by pitting the Manna against the food that they ate in Egypt, they displayed a lack of gratitude for what Hashem had done for them by feeding them the Manna. 1


1

Rashbam: Had they merely asked for meat, Hashem would not have punished them so severely.

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