Tikun Parnassah at the Kever of Manoah
The Arizal (may his merit protect us) teaches that when a person eats bread, he “metaken” (rectifies) “neshamot” (souls); these souls are rectified through kavanot—five kavanot “be’achilat lechem” (while eating bread). The five Names of HaKadosh Baruch Hu and how to have kavanot for these Names Manoah, the father of Shimshon HaGibor, knew only two kavanot: מ-ו “Mo”, נ-ח “Noach”; therefore, he was called an “am haaretz” (an unlearned person, an ignoramus). But this was in those generations that were strong in Torah. The Baal Shem Tov says that in the later generations (ours), every small mitzvah—tefillin, prayer, anything a person can do for G-d—is considered like that of a Tanna in our generation; and Rabbi Chaim Vital said in the name of the Ari HaKadosh that in our generation, every small mitzvah is credited to each person thousands of times Above. Rav Yisrael Yakobov conducted the Arizal’s segula at the kever of Shimshon HaGibor and his father Manoah. Through Kabbalah, the Arizal reveals that we can “letaken,” rectify souls, through the kavanot we have while eating bread: Manoah – מונח מ-ו “Mo” – (mem-vav) – 46 נ-ח “Noach” – (nun-chet) – 58 ל-ח-מ “lechem” – (lamed-chet-mem) – 78 פ-ד “Pad” – (peh-dalet) – 84 ד-ק “Dak” – (dalet-kuf) – 104 These five are—“Mo”, “Noach,” “lechem,” “Pad,” and “Dak.” These are the five Names of HaShem, for which one should have kavanot when eating bread: מ-ו “mem-vav,” נ-ח “nun-chet,” ל-ח-מ “lechem,” פ-ד “Pad,” ד-ק “Dak,” in order to rectify the neshamot. But Manoah, as an “am haaretz,” had only two kavanot (and they are contained in his name): מ-ו “mem-vav,” נ-ח “nun-chet.” Mekubalim have these kavanot when they eat bread.
(From the trip to the Kever of Shimshon HaGibor and Manoah with Rav Yisrael Yakobov)
