[Avodah] Rioting Over Food

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From: Richard Wolberg _cantorwolberg at cox.net_ 
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>> Don't you think HaShem could have given them meatless meat  which would 
have satisfied their craving for meat? <<
 

>>>>>
 
To some extent their complaints were made up or exaggerated, because they  
did have animals.  True, they could only eat meat if they brought a korban,  
so they didn't have meat that often, but it wasn't as if they never had  
meat.
 
One thing they did not have in the desert was fish, and elsewhere they  
complained about that too.
 
The mon had a very light texture and resembled vegetarian food in not  
being very filling.  No one went hungry and all their nutritional needs  were 
met, but my understanding of "lechem kelokel" is that it was very light,  
insubstantial -- it didn't stick around in their stomachs and keep them  feeling 
stuffed for a while, the way a good hearty meat dish does.
 
I'm not much of a meat eater myself but I would probably have been one  of 
the complainers in the desert, just being tired of eating the same thing  
every day.
 

--Toby Katz
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