1)

What is the definition of "Zera Gad"?

1.

Rashi and Rashbam: "Zera Gad" is a herb (a species of legume - Rashbam) called 'coriander', which is round like crystal 1 but not white (colorless) like it. 2

2.

Yoma, 75a #2: It is a flax-seed.

3.

Yoma, 75a #3: It means that the Manna was attarctive like 'Hagadah';

4.

Yoma, 75a #4: It would a. 'tell' ("Gad"-'Magid') them a. whether a baby was the ninth-month child of a womaan's first husband or the seventh-month child of her second husband and b. 'whiten' ("Lavan") their sins, by determining whether a Manna-loaf had been stolen or not. 3


1

See Beha'aloscha Bamidbar, 11:7.

2

Rashi: Indeed, the Torah needs to mention that the Manna was white, precisely because the coriander-seed is not (Rashi).

3

By matching the portions of Manna with the members of the household. See Torah Temimah, note 51.

2)

What is the definition of "Tzapichis bi'Devash"?

1.

Rashi (citing Targum Onkelos and Yoma, 75a): It is a dough that is fried in honey, which the Mishnah calls 'Isk'ritin'.

2.

Targum Yonasan: It is a honey-cake. 1


1

See Peirush Yonasan.

3)

How will we reconcile this Pasuk, which describes the taste of the Manna as "ke'Tzapichis bi'Devash" (a dough fried in honey), whereas in Beha'aloscha (11:8) it defines the Manna as "L'shad ha'Shamen" (a dough kneaded with oil)?

1.

Rashbam #1 (citing Yoma, 75b): It tasted like a Tzapichis bi'Devash to the children, and like a L'shad ha'Shamen to older people. 1

2.

Rashbam #2: It tasted like a honey-cake in its raw state, but like an oil-cake once it had been ground. 2


1

Refer also to 16:4:3.3:1.

2

Seeing as the Pasuk in Beha'aloscha mentions the fact that they were able to grind it (Rashbam). Refer sldo to 16:4:3.1:1.

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