Parashat HaMan and the Bracha “Me-Asher Shmenah Lachmo”
Parashat HaMan and the Bracha “Me-Asher Shmenah Lachmo” according to the Zohar HaKadosh
The famous blessing given by Yaakov to his eighth son, Asher, is connected with sustenance and parnasah:
מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנֵּי מֶלֶךְ -
- “Me-Asher Shmenah Lachmo Vehu Yiten Ma'adanei Melech” - (from Asher comes his abundant bread, and he shall provide the king with delicacies). (Genesis 49:20)
The Zohar HaKadosh explains that there are two types of “bread”: the “bread” of the lower world, which is called לחם עוני (the bread of poverty), and the “bread” of the higher worlds—the bread from Heaven—about which it is said in Parashat HaMan: “Behold, I will rain down bread for you from Heaven.” (Exodus 16:4–36)
This “bread from Heaven” is associated with the letter ו “vav” of the four-letter Name of G-d, and a hint to this is contained in the following verse of the Torah:
מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא יִתֵּן מַעֲדַנֵּי מֶלֶךְ -
(from Asher comes his abundant bread, and he shall provide the king with delicacies). (Genesis 49:20)
The word לחמו (his bread) can be written as לחם ו (lechem vav)—that is, bread emanating from the letter “vav.”
And the word מלח (“melech”—king) in this context refers to “Knesset Yisrael” (the Community of Israel).
This “king” (the Community of Israel) was crowned upon the Exodus from Egypt with a special crown that connects the righteous of the Jewish people with the Creator of the Universe.
It is beneficial to read this entire weekly Torah portion, “Beshalach,” which contains “Parashat HaMan” and recounts the giving of the “Bread from Heaven” to the Jewish people, as a segulah for parnasah. This is the most auspicious time for this segulah—et ratzon (a time of Divine favor).
(According to the Book of Shemot, Pardes Press)
Parashat HaMan in the “Shnaim Mikra ve-Echad Targum” format—Aramaic
Parashat HaMan in the format of "Shnayim Mikra ve-Echad Targum" - Aramaic
Parashat HaMan and Fish
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Parashat HaMan on Tuesday of the week of Parashat Beshalach—the segulah of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov
Parashat HaMan on Tuesday of the Weekly Torah Portion Beshalach - Segula of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov
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