feels it. When Miriam was born, nobody felt it, but when she died (as reported in ), the well ceased to exist and all felt her loss. The well made her death known. When Aaron was born, nobody felt it, but when he died and the clouds of glory departed, all felt his loss. The cloud thus made his death known. And when Moses was born, nobody felt it, but when he died, all felt it, because the manna made his death known by ceasing to fall. The Gemara employed to deduce that one may not benefit from a corpse. The Gemara deduced this conclusion from the use of the same word "there" (, sham) both in connection with the cow whose neck was to be broken (, ha-eglah ha-arufah) prescribed in and here in in connection with a corpse. says, "And Miriam died there (, sham)," and says, "And they shall break the cow's neck there (, sham) in the valley." Just as one was prohibited to benefit from the cow, so also one was thus prohibited to benefit from a corpse. And the School of Rabbi Yannai taught that one was prohibited to benefit from the cow because mentions forgiveness (, kaper) in connection with the cow, just as atonement (, kaper) is mentioned in connection with sacrifices (for example in ). (Just as one was prohibited to benefit from sacrifices, so also one was thus prohibited to benefit from the cow.) A Master taught that as long as the generation of the wilderness continued to die out, there was no Divine communication to Moses (in a direct manner, as describes, "face to face"). For Moses recounted in "So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead . . . that the Lord spoke to me." Only then (after those deaths) did the Divine communication to Moses resume. Thus God's address to Moses in may have been the first time that God had spoken to Moses in 38 years. A Midrash read God's instruction in "bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their cattle drink," to teach that God was considerate of even the Israelites' property — their animals. The Mishnah counted the well that accompanied the Israelites through the desert in the merit of Miriam, or others say, the well that Moses