Today is the day to say the special prayer for Livelihood – Parshas HaMan
ByWhile it is true that ever day is a good day to pray for livelihood, today there is a special segula to say it. And since we all know that G-D is really the one in charge of handing out our livelihood (Parnossa), any type of segula that can help us is one worth doing. During great economic times we often feel it is our own brain power and dedication that makes us succeed. During a bad economic recession we tend to blame others and often turn to the one who has his hand on every agurah that goes out and that is Hashem.
Below is some information from ArtScroll.com about why today is a special day and it includes a link to a PDF version of the special prayer.
recited by many especially on the Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach.
When
our ancestors were in the Wilderness, a month after the Exodus from
Egypt, they faced a tomorrow with no food. Justifiably, they asked
Moshe if he had taken them into the desert to starve to death. Hashem
responded that in the morning they would see that He had not forsaken
them.
In the morning – and every morning for the next 40 years – there was manna
waiting for them. By evening there was nothing left, and the next
morning, it was there again. Can you imagine how we would feel if we
went to sleep every night with empty refrigerators? There in the
Wilderness, Hashem showed our ancestors that ultimately, parnassah is in His hands.
We pray for it every day – to provide for our families, to assist worthy causes, to build sturdy foundations for the future.
This year, more than any in living memory, we pray for parnassah.
The recession has hit everywhere. Relatives and neighbors, institutions
and hopes for the future have been battered. So we pray for parnassah perhaps more fervently than in the past – but some days are more propitious than others.
The Torah reading of this coming Shabbos — Parashas Beshalach — includes the chapter telling how the Jewish People in the Wilderness received manna. Many people recite the chapter daily, as a special prayer for parnassah.
There is also a widespread custom to recite this chapter on the Tuesday
of the week of Beshalach, which this year is February 3rd.
As
a public service, we offer the text and interlinear translation of the
chapter, from the Schottenstein Edition Interlinear Siddur. Please feel
free to download it.
Click on this link to download: The Chapter of Manna.pdf (PDF: 206K)
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