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Rabbi Silber's Virtual Drasha on Parshas Eikev asks why the Torah calls the mun (manna) an "affliction" even though it was a daily miracle that met every need. Citing the Kli Yakar, he explains that the mun tasted like whatever a person imagined it to taste like, so eating it demanded constant use of imagination — and imagination, he teaches, is the most exciting and most frightening tool a person has, because picturing who we could become obligates us to grow toward it. The real choice in life, he argues, is between being a "bread Jew" who settles for the present and a "mun Jew" who keeps dreaming and reaching for a fuller life.
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