Moses Ate the Bread of Torah on Sinai for Forty Days

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Ki Tisa 19:3

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Exodus 34:28:) "And he was there with the LORD" etc.; "he ate no bread." He ate the war of Torah. "And he drank no water" — he drank from the waters of Torah, as it is said (Proverbs 9:5): "Come, eat of my bread"; and it says (Isaiah 55:1): "Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters."

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