May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts be acceptable to you, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. There is a brutally honest Hebrew phrase right there in the middle of our reading from Exodus: manhu, or manna. The dew had evaporated off the desert floor, leaving behind a fine, flaky crust. The newly freed community wandered out of their tents, stared down at the dirt, blinked, and said to one another, "Manhu?" which translates quite literal