|
Literacy
Commentary
History
Philosophy
Liturgy
KaraiteLibrary
Education
Anti-Missionary
Modern
Commentary
Torah
& Spirit
Family Life
Tahorah
and Tum’ah
Questions
KaraiteJudaica
Children
.
Home
|
Massah as the Bread
of Poverty/Affliction
According to Aharon ben-Eliyahu (Sefer Keter Torah): Scholars have given many different opinions as to why
massah is considered
the bread of poverty/affliction. Some say that this means literally the bread of
the poorest people, because this is the bread they have most often. Others say that
it means bread that is injurious to the digestive system. Still others say
that it is bread suitable for the hardships of travel, since the miqra'
speaks of hardship in connection with travel as in, "He subjected my strength
to hardship on the road" (Tehilim 102.24). This is confirmed by the words
following the command to eat unleavened bread, "for in haste you came out
of the land of Egypt" (Devarim 16.3). |