At first glance, it appears that on the “night of complaints” the Israelites unleash an unrestrained onslaught of grievances that includes all the complaints in the world: evil for the sake of evil, lust for meat, a desire to return to Egypt, and even a tearful cry over “family matters” (Numbers, Chapter 11). Let us examine one of the arguments that is raised – their complaints about the manna – in order to understand the exact type of distortion that underlies their claims.