How the Seventh Day Was Blessed in Manna and the Glow of a Face

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 16:20

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He blessed it through the manna, for on every day of the week one omer fell, but on the eve of the Sabbath two omers. And He sanctified it through the manna, in that none fell on it at all. He blessed it through the wrapping, and He sanctified it through the gatherer of wood. Rav Kahana says one must change one's garments; Rabbi Yochanan says one must mingle the dishes; Abba bar Chisdai says one must let one's garments hang down. Rabbi Eliezer says, He blessed it through the lamp, and an incident occurred with me: one time I lit a lamp on the eve of the Sabbath, and at the close of the Sabbath I found it still burning, and it had not diminished at all. He blessed it through the light of a person's face, for the light of a person's face is not the same on all the days of the week as it is on the Sabbath.

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