English: “Let a little water be brought…” A teaching of the school of Rabbi Yishmael: In reward for three things they merited three things: in reward for the butter and milk they merited the manna; in reward for “he stood over them” they merited the pillar of cloud; in reward for “let a little water be brought” they merited Miriam’s well.
On the daf / in context: The school of Rabbi Yishmael enumerates three specific acts of hospitality and the three corresponding rewards granted to Israel in the desert.
Type of Learning
R’ Yishmael (school of) / Custom (measure-for-measure reward). Three concrete acts are paired with three concrete rewards.
What Is Learned
Israel later received the manna, the cloud, and Miriam’s well as reward for the three hospitality acts Avraham performed for the angels.