Commentary for Yoma 151:12

הני חמשה הוו ואנן שיתא תנן שתיה בכלל אכילה היא דאמר ריש לקיש מנין לשתיה שהיא בכלל אכילה שנאמר (דברים יד, כג) ואכלת לפני ה' אלהיך מעשר דגנך תירושך ויצהרך תירוש חמרא הוא וקרי ליה ואכלת

or there for all the world, here for Israel alone;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here the argument is in favour of a higher measure for the manna. For since the space wherein it fell was limited, whilst the windows of heaven presumably were capable of pouring out the same quantity, the manna confined to a small area should have risen very much higher than the waters, which covered all the earth.');">¹⁹</span> and it should have been higher still! - [Rather]: R'Eleazar of Modim infers it from the analogy of 'opened', 'opened'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. VII, 11 and Ps. LXXVIII, 23; he does not employ the argument of a greater measure in store for reward than for punishment; but merely from the fact that in each case two windows produced a height of fifteen cubits - whether of manna or water.');">²⁰</span> [ON YOM KIPPUR] EATING IS FORBIDDEN.

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