Chapter 11 of this week’s portion begins with the Israelites complaining, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish that we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Now our gullets are shriveled. There is nothing at all! Nothing but this manna to look to!” (Numbers 11:4 – 5) The Israelites’ need for food is met daily. All they have to do is go out and gather the manna. But it is not sufficient to satisfy their needs. Perhaps it was the repetitiveness of the same food, day in and day out. Yet they seem to long for Egyptian slavery, with a nostalgic memory of the great food they used to eat. How selective their memory was; they have already forgotten the brutal suffering they endured. In Pirkei Avot it asks, “Who is rich?” and the rabbis answer, “The one who is satisfied with what they have.”  We live in a society that always pushes us to desire more. The lesson of this week’s portion is that satisfaction comes from valuing what you already have.