Likkutei Sichot, Volume 4 - בהעלותך

Introduction Hamotzi, the blessing over bread,is one of the most familiar blessings. Before eating bread, we wash in the ritual manner and then recite the blessing thanking G‑d “Who brings forth bread from the earth.” However, initially, when this blessin...

Each According to His Measure In tractate Yoma,Yoma 75a. our Sages pose a difficulty: It is written:Bamidbar 11:9. “When the dew descended on the camp at night, the manna descended upon it.” This implies that the manna descended within the camp. But it is...

In the Torah portion of Behaalos’cha, the Torah speaks at length about the manna, the heavenly food that sustained the Jewish people during our 40-year sojourn in the desert. With regard to the manna, the Gemara notes: The verse statesBamidbar 11:9. that ...