Chukas 21:5 · unit 2 — Moshe called them ingrates over the manna
Parashas Chukas · Passuk 21:5
The Complete Passuk
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר הָעָ֗ם בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒ לָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לָמ֣וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ קָ֔צָה בַּלֶּ֖חֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל׃
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.
Chabad.org — 21:5
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Avodah Zarah 5a
Sefaria — Avodah Zarah 5a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, הִנְּכֶם כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל.
English: It was taught: Moshe said to Yisrael, you are ingrates, as it is said “and our soul loathes this wretched bread.”
Type of Learning Rebuke from the wording of their complaint.
What Is Learned Rejecting the manna as “wretched” is marked as base ingratitude.
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