taste

And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey (Exodus 16:31). The taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil (Numbers 11:8).   The biblical account of manna presents us with an intriguing paradox that resonates surprisingly with modern quantum physics. In Exodus, Scripture describes this mysterious desert sustenance as tasting “like wafers made with honey,” while elsewhere characterizing it as having the flavor of “cake baked with oil.” This apparent contradiction opens the door to a fascinating exploration of how biblical text might parallel contemporary scientific understanding.  The Many-Flavored Mystery The Talmud (Yoma 75b) elaborates on manna’s remarkable nature, describing it as a substance whose taste adapted to [...]