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Malcontents

"Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the LORD." (Numbers 11:1) God is slow to anger—usually. Complaining can incite His swift wrath. The book of Numbers contains several stories of Israel's discontent in the wilderness. In each story, the Israelites complain about something and God punishes them for complaining.
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Trumpets and Clouds

Our Rabbis taught, “Six blasts were blown on Friday evening before the Sabbath. The first one warned people to cease working in the fields. The second one warned people in the city to cease working. The third warned people to kindle their Sabbath lights … [finally the last three] a tekiah, teruah, and a tekiah were blown to mark the onset of the Sabbath.” (b.Shabbat 35b)
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The Punishment of Abundance

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s disciples asked him, “Why did [God send the manna every day instead of ] once annually?” He replied, “I will tell you a parable. It can be compared to a mortal king who had an only son. The king gave his son an allotment once a year, but then the son only visited his father once a year. Thereupon the king started portioning out the allotment daily so that his son had to visit him every day. God did the same with Israel. A man who had four or five children would worry, saying, ‘Perhaps no manna will come down tomorrow, and all will die of starvation.’ Therefore the Israelites had to turn their hearts to their Father in Heaven every day.” (b.Yoma 76a)
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Nostalgia for the Familiar

Manna was the perfect food provided directly from heaven. In actuality, there was nothing wrong with the manna except that it wasn’t fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Because it was not what they desired, they spurned it, even though it was given of God.
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The Greatness of Moses

“For now we see in a mirror dimly.” (1 Corinthians 13:12). The Rabbis said, “All the other prophets saw their prophetic visions through a tarnished mirror, as it is said, ‘I gave numerous visions, and through the prophets I gave parables.’ But Moses saw his prophetic vision through a polished mirror, as it is said, ‘He beholds the form of the LORD.’” (Leviticus Rabbah 1:14 quoting Hosea 12:10 and Numbers 12:8)
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