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<div id="appendonsend">Today I am getting messages saying, "Our Sages say that reciting “Parshat HaMan” on the Tuesday of Parshat Beshalach is a Segula (<em style="FONT-STYLE:italic">spiritually invoking action</em>) for a good income."</div>
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<div>What should our approach be toward earning a livelihood?<br>
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<div>The following is from RSRH's commentary on Shemos 16: 16 - 18. BTW, RSRH writes a good deal about earning a parnasa in Parshas Shalach. However, I did not come across one reference to a segula in his writings on this topic in this parsha, and I am pretty
sure that there is no reference to relying on segulos for anything in any of his writings! YL<br>
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<font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>16 </b></font><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><i>This is what
</i>God <i>has commanded: Let each man gather of it according to the need of his nourishment; one
</i>omer <i>a head, according to the<br>
number of your souls let each one take for the members of his tent.<br>
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</i></font><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica">17 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><i>The Children of Israel did so; they gathered, some more and some less.<br>
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</i></font><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica">18 </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><i>But when they measured it with the
</i>omer <i>he who had gathered much had nothing left over, and he who had gathered little did not have too little; each one had gathered according to the need of his nourishment.<br>
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</i></font><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica">16–18 </font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica">They were to gather it, each man according to the needs of his household,<br>
according to the number of souls, one <i>omer </i>for each person. If,<br>
at the time when the manna melted away (below, v. 21), some had<br>
gathered more than the correct amount, and some had gathered less,<br>
nevertheless, when they came to measure it, it was found that he who<br>
had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had<br>
no deficiency: they had gathered as much as they needed to eat.<br>
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However, the intention to gather the appropriate quantity was apparently<br>
an essential, indispensable condition; otherwise, after the first<br>
experience, they need not have bothered to gather more than minimal<br>
amount, since, in any case, everyone would receive what he needed,<br>
and certainly, no more than his share.<br>
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In this lay the important lesson on the value of working hard while<br>
relying on the blessing of Providence in seeking a livelihood for oneself<br>
and one’s family.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Yitzchok Levine</font><br>
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