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Rubystars:
Muman not to be morbid or gross, but where does it say they didn't have bodily functions? If they ate and drank, well, it had to go somewhere right?

muman613:

--- Quote from: Rubystars on March 17, 2010, 11:55:37 PM ---Muman not to be morbid or gross, but where does it say they didn't have bodily functions? If they ate and drank, well, it had to go somewhere right?

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Let me find you the sources... But it is believed that man was absolutely 100% absorbed by the body leaving no waste material...



http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache%3Adg_RUH7vLhoJ%3Awww.Parasha.net%2Fpdf%2FShmos%2FBeshalach65.pdf+mann+bathroom&hl=en&gl=us


--- Quote ---From the Parasha of the manna, we clearly see that happiness has nothing to do with having things. What could be better than the manna? From a spiritual perspective, Chaza"l tell us it was the food of angels; it was the concretization of the aura of Divine Presence (Ziv haShechina). From a physical perspective,... imagine sitting down to a meal and wishing what you want and that is what it tastes like! Could there be anything better in the world than Manna? And .... there's no waste! We all know the problems that stem from the digestive system. With the Manna, there were no digestive problems.

But what did the Jewish People say? "...we are getting disgusted from this wasteless food" [Bamidbar 21:5]. Why don't we like it? Because there is no waste! We can't stand this manna! Why? Because we don't have to go to the bathroom!

Rav Pam says "If one doesn't like manna, he'll never like anything!" Manna is the proof that happiness has nothing to do with having things or having items. Happiness is dependent on a person's perspective on life. One can be terribly happy with very little and terribly miserable with very much.

Rav Pam, switching from Yiddish to English, quoted a quip he once heard: "Everyone looks for the City of Happiness, but they fail to realize that the City of Happiness is in the State of Mind". That is the lesson of the Manna you either learn to look at life positively (be a sameach b'chelko) or you'll never ever be happy.
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http://www.torah.org/learning/ravfrand/5766/beshalach.html


--- Quote ---The Jews in this week's Parasha complain about the mann. This is repeated in Parashat BeHaloscha. "Mann for breakfast, mann for lunch, mann for supper, nothing but Mann! Oh for the good old days of Egypt!" In the middle of the description of the section of mann in BeHaloscha, the pasuk says "And the mann was like coriander seed and its color was like the color of b'dolach" [Bamidbar 11:7]. Rashi mentions that this pasuk is an editorial interjection. The pasukim before and after this interlude describe what the Jewish people were saying. Suddenly, in the middle of the discussion, the Torah comments: "And the mann was like coriander seed..."

Rashi explains: Come and let the world see what my children are complaining about. The mann is so special and so beautiful and yet they even complain about the mann. Mann was both a physical and a spiritual food. It tasted however the person wanted it to taste. It was a food that did not produce body waste. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it. It came at no cost; there was no effort in preparing meals. No mess, no fuss, low cholesterol, high fiber, non-fattening – anything one wanted! And nevertheless they complained about the mann.

These are the same people who could complain that they had mud on their shoes from the bottom of the Reed Sea. It is the same psychological phenomenon. Such people will never be happy. There are such people in the world.
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http://www.torah.org/learning/beyond-pshat/5762/shlach.html


--- Quote ---The Gemara in Tractate Yomah tells us that the Mann was the physical manifestation of the food that sustained the angels. Ramban explains that the Radiance of Hashem sustains angels and thus the Mann was the materialized version of that Radiance. This is the reason why the Mann was absorbed directly and completely into the internal organs and did not generate waste because of it spiritual purity. Evidently the Jews needed to be spiritualized in order to comprehend and absorb the Torah and therefore Hashem provided them with the Mann as the means for them to gain that requisite spiritual capacity.
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Rubystars:
Thanks for the sources Muman. I find that belief really interesting.

Fighting For Truth:
Hi there. You see the reason is that when the Arab Muslims took over what is now called the Middle East, most of these current lands speak arabic because of what the Arabs did over there. Areas which now like Lebanon, and other places such as Syria, Iraq (Once called Mesopotamia), and even lands located in North Africa like Egypt use to have different langauges but became mostly Arabic when the Arab went to these places. Some such as Persians like in Iran for example managed to survive their language but others did not.

Dr. Dan:
Plenty of fiber?  But that means they would have to poop.

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