Manna was an important feature of the daily lives of the Jews in the 40 years in the midbar. Why is this daily miracle not even mentioned during the celebration of Sukkos?
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This is a miracle which is related to every day -- as such, some people say Parshat Hamon every day and don't wait until Sukkot.– rosendsCommented Feb 21, 2019 at 21:04
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2Why should it be tied to Sukkos specifically? Also, why specifically the Manna? The well of Miriam was just as important.– DonielFCommented Feb 22, 2019 at 0:10
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@DonielF Link to Succos is logical because Succos is about living in the wilderness for 40 years. I agree with you about the well of Miriam.– Yehuda WCommented Feb 22, 2019 at 17:25
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@YehudaW Sukkos is specifically about the Clouds of Glory, or the literal huts. Not about living in general. Anyway, you should include that in the OP.– DonielFCommented Feb 22, 2019 at 17:53
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1It's part of every shabbos and yt as lechem mishna– DudeCommented Sep 19 at 21:10
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Sukkos is directly tied to the Exodus itself, just like matzah (Vayikra 23:42-43). After leaving Ramses, the Israelites immediately traveled to a place called Sukkos (Shemos 12:37). This first stop represents a key moment in the Exodus journey, the first land upon which they tasted freedom, much like the eating of matzah, which commemorates the haste in leaving Egypt.
In contrast, the manna started a month later (Shemos 16), after the Exodus had already occurred. Since Sukkos marks a significant point in the actual departure from Egypt, it is celebrated as part of the Exodus, while the manna, which came later, is not directly tied to that event.
See https://musingsonthetorah.blogspot.com/2023/10/sukkos-pesach-20.html
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+1 Thanks, this is an accurate summary of the link, shkoyach. What threw me off is "Sukkos is... just like matza". That's a bit like saying, Mathematics is directly tied to matters of intellect, just like the word "blue". I mean yes, both are technically connected to intellect, but they are so different that it feels weird to make this comparison. Sukkot is a festival, Matzah is a specific mitzva on (another) festival. It also opens up the question - why do we need Sukkos if we already have matza? Commented Sep 20 at 11:45
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@RabbiKaii I see your point. I really mean sukkah but wrote sukkos in the plural as I was trying to keep the connection to the place called sukkos intact. Parhaps I'll touch it up. Can you clarify your q? BTW I should hope that it is an accurate summary as they share authors.– NahumCommented Sep 20 at 12:35
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1Haha, great I just noticed. I think my question might fall away now that you've clarified you didn't mean the festival, but the boothes themselves Commented Sep 22 at 15:29
According to the theory suggested by Rabbi Laufer in the book "Rendzevous with G-d" the sources for 7 of the Jewish holidays, mentioned in the Torah, originate with 7 national revelations that Jewish people had beginning with leil shimurim, the Pesach Mitzraim night, and ending with Hashem's fire consuming the sacrifices in the Mishkan.
G-d's raining down the manna was the revelation number 3, perek Shemos 16, and according to R. Laufer's book it has found its way into the mitzvah of Omer offering, Omer count, celebration of Shavuos with shtei lechem and certainly with the display of 12 loaves of lechem hapanim as well as jar with manna in the Temple.
According to Rabbi Laufer, the source for the holidays of Succos comes from the revelation 6 when the consecrated Mishkan was filled with the Glory of Hashem as a result of a long work on construction and consecration of the Mishkan Shemos 40. Finally Shemini Atzeres is connected with G-d's fire consuming people's first sacrifices in the Mishkan, Vayikra 9.
(I will add further details as I am reading the book).
