Aliya Summary: G‑d causes a wind to sweep in huge numbers of quail
from the sea. The people gathered piles of quail and started enjoying
meat. Those who ate gluttonously died in a plague. Miriam, Mosh's
sister, spoke negatively of Moshe's decision to become celibate. G‑d was
highly displeased by this talk against His servant, and Miriam was
stricken with tzara'at ("leprosy") for one week.
Moshe
offers a short but eloquent prayer on behalf of his sister. The People
delay their travels for the week of Miriam's isolation. (81 years
previously, Miriam had stood by the Nile protectively watching over her
baby brother Moshe in the basket. Her "reward-in-kind" is this 7-day
delay. The Mishna points out that good deeds are thusly rewarded.)
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