The Gemara in Yoma 75b asks that if the Man was absorbed in their limbs with no excrement, then why did they need spades to cover their excrement? It answers, in the first answer, that this was for the food they bought from tagarim, itinerant tradesmen who sold them food. My question is: why did it not mention the Slav? According to the Ramban, they had Slav during almost all of their time in the Midbar. One would think that since they ate Slav every day, and only bought from tagarim sometimes, that the Slav would be the logical answer. My conjectured answer is that since the Slav was also miraculous in nature, it too was absorbed completely in their bodies, but I did not yet find anyone saying this. Does anyone have any ideas here? Also, does anyone know if the spades were needed also to cover urination, or only defecation? I have not checked. Thank you.
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