And the people spoke against God and against Moshe: Why did you bring us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread and no water, and our soul loathes this wretched bread.
English: R. Abbahu said: whoever contemplates against his teacher is as if he contemplates against the Shechinah, as it is said “and the people spoke against God and against Moshe.”
Type of Learning
Parallel of God and Moshe in the complaint.
What Is Learned
Grumbling against a teacher is treated as grumbling against Heaven.