Yuma 75a:
וּבְרֶדֶת הַטַל עַל־הַמַחֲנֶה )ט(במדבר יא, implies that the Mahn fell within the Machaneh.
וְיָצָא הָעָם וְלָקְטוּ(שמות טז, ד) implies that it fell outside and they went out to collect.
שָטוּ הָעָם וְלָקְטוּ )ח(במדבר יא, implies that they travelled a considerable distance.
The Gemara explains the apparent discrepancy that the Tzadikim received it near their homes, Beinonim went out into the camp and Reshaim had to go a distance for theirs.
However, the Gemara (Sotah 32b) says that the reason why the Chachamim enacted that we recite the Shemoneh Esreh silently is in order for sinners not to be embarrassed. If one would be required to recite the Shemoneh Esreh out loud, one who had sinned and wanted to ask HaShem for forgiveness in his prayers would be embarrassed to do so. The Chachamim enacted that the Shemoneh Esreh be recited silently to prevent such embarrassment.
The Maharal Diskin cites the Torah, in Parshas Vayikra, instructs that both the Korban Chatas (brought by a sinner to atone for his sin) and the Korban Olah (which is not brought by a sinner) are to be slaughtered and prepared in the same area of the Beis haMikdash. As a result, nobody else knows the purpose for which the person's Korban is being offered, and the person is spared the embarrassment of having others know that he sinned.
How does HaShem cause embarrassment to the Reshaim to make them travel a distance to obtain their Mahn which entailed walking through the camp for all to see?
- The צנצנת המן (first Rav of Bnai Brak) answers that it is possible that the Clouds of Glory extended for those that had to travel outside the encampment and thus it was not noticeable that they were sinners.
- The Metzudas David cites the famous Medrash that Bilaam praised the Jews since the openings of their tents did not line up with their neighbors. This allowed that no one noticed who had their Mahn fall directly outside their tent opening and thus, the Reshaim were not embarrassed when their Mahn did not fall directly outside the tent.
- Perhaps one might say that the entire generation of the desert were called דור דעה. Thus, HaShem was particular with those that did relatively minor sins and direction the different places of collection of the Mahn to enable Teshuvah and forgiveness.
- Another Medrash is brought by the Torah Shelaimah which explains the apparent discrepancy between the three pesukim. The Mahn fell in the pattern of the individual. Those who were zealous woke up early and went out to the fields to collect their portion. The “average” person woke up a little later and went just outside their tent to collect their portion. And the lazy ones just stuck their hand outside the tent and the Mahn fell into their hands. Possibly, one might say the two Medrashim do not disagree. Both hold the Reshaim had to go out to collect their Mahn. However, the Tzadikim went in different groups. The zealous ones did not wish to “burden” the process went to collect the portions as part of the big group (whereas the others either collected from in front of their tents or stuck out their hands). As a result of their love for all Jews, the Tzadikim went to the same place as the Reshaim to collect their portion of Mahn, and no one was embarrassed.
