Manna

Guest Post by Rabbi J.B. Sillyboychik

In Bamidbar, we read about the Manna as being Wafers baked in Oil. Whereas in Shemos, we read that the Manna is Cake baked in Honey. How can this be? The answer is that we have here two archetypes for Manna, and for ontological religio-politico-socialogico-spritualo-modernorthodoxo life as a whole. Let's call them Manna 1 and Manna 2.

Manna 1 is about Honey. Honey is natual, sweet tasting and is good for you. Manna 2 is about Oil. Oil is natural, but is not a renewable resource. Unless we are talking about vegetable oil I guess. Oil is useful, but is it good for you?

Clearly, there are many differences between Honey and Oil. I bet I could write an entire book on it! And once I do, you will no longer need to worry about the textual differences between Manna 1 and Manna 2.

And this book shall of course be titled -'The Lonely Manna of Faith'.

[OK, so it was a lame post with an obvious punchline. So sue me]