{"id":11245,"date":"2025-12-09T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11245"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:28:32","slug":"a-prayer-for-life-and-nourishments","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/a-prayer-for-life-and-nourishments\/","title":{"rendered":"83. A Prayer for Life and Nourishments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our sages asked, \u201cIf we need life and nourishments, we should pray for nourishments because nourishments are given to those who are alive\u201d (<em>Taanit<\/em>&nbsp;8b). \u201cLife\u201d is called \u201cnecessity,\u201d meaning faith. \u201cNourishments\u201d are the flavors of Torah and&nbsp;<em>Mitzvot<\/em>&nbsp;[commandments], called \u201ccommandment of the upper one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we pray for the commandment of the upper one, we give faith, since it is forbidden to teach Torah to idol-worshippers, as it is written, \u201cHe did not do so for any nation and they did not know the judgments\u201d (<em>Hagiga<\/em>&nbsp;13a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, when one should ask for life and for nourishments, one should ask for nourishments, since nourishments can be given only to the living. 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