(Exodus 16 — 26) "Six days shall you gather it, etc

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayassa 5:17

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 13, 2025

(Exodus 16:26) "Six days shall you gather it, etc.": We are hereby apprised that the manna does not descend on Sabbath. Whence do we derive (the same for) a festival? From (the superfluous) "Sabbath there will not be (manna) on it." R. Elazar Hamodai says: We are hereby apprised that it does not descend on Sabbath. Whence do we derive that it does not descend on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)? (From the fact that) Yom Kippur is referred to as "Sabbath" (viz. (Leviticus 23:3)2). (Exodus 16:27) "And it was on the seventh day that there went of the people to gather, and they did not find": These were the faithless of Israel.

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Shabbat Holy Land Egypt Exodus Passover

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