Pão
O pão é símbolo central na Bíblia: do maná no deserto ao pão da vida — Jesus. A Escritura usa o pão para ensinar sobre provisão divina, comunhão e dependência espiritual.
O maná do céu
Deus alimentou Israel no deserto com pão do céu. O maná era diário, fiel e suficiente — retrato da provisão constante de Deus.
And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, I have heard the telunnot Bnei Yisroel; speak unto them, saying, At twilight ye shall eat basar, and in the boker ye shall be glutted with lechem; and ye shall know that I am Hashem Eloheichem.
And it came to pass, that at erev the quails came up, and covered the machaneh; and in the boker there was a layer of tal (dew) about the machaneh. And when the layer of tal evaporated, hinei, upon the surface of the midbar there lay thin flakes, as thin as a layer of kfor (frost) upon ha’aretz. And when the Bnei Yisroel saw it, they said one to another, Mahn hu (What is it?) For they knew not mah hu (what [is] this). And Moshe said unto them, This is the lechem which Hashem hath given you to eat.
And Bais Yisroel called the shem thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, lavan (white); and the taste of it was like flat cakes fried in devash.
Though He had commanded the clouds from above,
and opened the daletei Shomayim (doors of heaven),
And had rained down manna upon them to eat,
and had given them of the bread of Shomayim.
Ish did eat the bread of angels;
He sent them lechem to the full.
He causeth the khatzir (grass) to grow for the behemah,
and esev for the avodas ha’adam;
that he may bring forth lechem out of ha’aretz;
And yayin that maketh glad levav enosh,
and shemen to make panim (faces) to shine,
and lechem which strengtheneth levav enosh.
O pão da vida
Jesus declarou: 'Eu sou o pão da vida.' Quem vem a Ele nunca terá fome, e quem nele crê jamais terá sede. Ele é o sustento eterno.
Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, it was not Moshe who has given you the lechem out of Shomayim, but HaAv of me gives you the lechem ha’amitti (the true bread) out of Shomayim. For the lechem of Hashem is that which comes down out of Shomayim and giving Chayyim (Life) to HaOlam. Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, always give us this lechem.
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Ani Hu the lechem haChayyim; the one coming to me never hungers, and the one with emunah in me will never thirst again.
Ani Hu the lechem haChayyim. Your Avot ate in the wilderness the manna and died. This is the lechem coming down out of Shomayim, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. Ani hu the lechem haChai (the living bread) having come down out of Shomayim. If anyone eats of this lechem he will live l’olam v’ed. And, indeed, the lechem which I will give on behalf of the Chayyim (life) of HaOlam is the basar of me.
And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did Avoteicha know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by lechem only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Hashem doth man live.
But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered, Katuv (It is written), LO AL HALECHEM LVADOH YCHEYEH HAADAM, KI AL KOL MOTZAH FI HASHEM (Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of Hashem).
Partilha e comunhão
O partir do pão une o corpo de Cristo. Na Ceia, na generosidade e na partilha, expressamos a comunhão com Deus e uns com os outros.
And having taken the Afikoman and having made the hamotzi, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach broke the matzah and gave it to them, saying, This is my BASAR being given for you: this do in zikaron (remembrance) of me.
For as often as you eat this Pesach matzoh and drink from this Pesach Kiddush Cup, you do proclaim the mavet of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu until the Bias HaMoshiach.
The Kos HaBracha (Cup of Blessing) over which we say the Bracha, is it not a [Mizbe’ach] sharing and deveykus participation in the Korban Pesach death and kapporah of Moshiach? The matzoh which we break, is this not a sharing and a deveykus participation in the Guf HaMoshiach? Because the matzoh is echad, we, many as we are, are one body, one new humanity, for we all partake of the matzoh echad.
Therefore, when you offer tefillos, daven like this, in this manner: Avinu sh’ba’Shomayim (Our Father in heaven), yitkadash shmecha (hallowed be your Name). Tavo malchutechah (Thy Kingdom come) Ye’aseh rtzonechah (Thy will be done) kmoh vaShomayim ken ba’aretz (on earth as it is in heaven). Es lechem chukeinu ten lanu hayom (Give us today our daily bread),
He that hath a tov ayin (generous eye) shall have a bracha;
for he giveth of his lechem to the dal (poor).
But in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, You yourselves give them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii for lechem and give to them to eat [something]? And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, How much lechem do you have? Go [and] see. And knowing, the talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach say, Chamesh (five), and dagim, shenayim (two). And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach commanded them to recline at tish, as it were, everyone group by group, on the green grass. And they reclined, group by group, in hundreds and in fifties. And, having taken the chamesh loaves and the shnei hadagim (two fish) and looking up to Shomayim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said a bracha. And having offered the betziat halechem, Moshiach was giving to his talmidim in order that they might set them before the people. And Moshiach divided the shnei hadagim (two fish) among them all. And everyone ate, and they were satisfied. And they picked up shirayim (Rebbeʼs remainders), shneym asar (twelve) baskets full, and from the dagim.
Provisão divina
O justo não é desamparado e seus descendentes não mendigam pão. Deus provê com fidelidade o alimento de cada dia.
I have been na’ar (young),
and now am old; yet I have not seen the tzaddik forsaken,
nor his zera begging lechem.
When the Moshiachʼs talmidim arrived at the other side, they had forgotten to take lechem. But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Take special precaution against the chametz (swelling leaven) of the Perushim and Tzedukim. But they began reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no lechem. But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, aware of their machshavot (thoughts), said, You men of little emunah, why do you reason among yourselves that you have no lechem? Do you not yet have binah or remember the five loaves of the chamesh elafim (five thousand), and how many baskets full you took up? Or the shevah loaves of the arbaat elafim (four thousand), and how many large baskets full you took up? How is it that you do not chap (grasp mentally) that I did not speak to you concerning lechem? But beware of the chametz (swelling, all-permeating leaven) of the Perushim and Tzedukim. Then Moshiachʼs talmidim understood that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach did not say to beware of the chametz of the lechem, but of the chametz of the teaching of the Perushim and the Tzedukim.
Cast thy lechem upon the waters,
for thou shalt find it after many yamim.
Give chelek (portions) to shivah, and also to shmonah;
for thou knowest not what ra’ah shall be upon ha’aretz.