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Did you ever consider how many hours we spend dealing with our food? We buy it, we prepare it, we eat it, then we have to clean it all up… and of course we work a lot to have the necessary money for all of that.
Our ancestors during their years of wandering in the desert did not have to do any of it. Every day except Shabbat, Manna would fall down from the sky. The Manna was free, ready for consumption and nothing was left later to be cleaned. When eating it, everyone could taste any flavor that he wished. It was clear to the Jews that their existence depends on G-d.
What message can the Manna give us in our days?
Indeed, we must work in order to eat. But in essence, the reality of our existence is the same as the reality of the Jews in the desert. But this reality is disguised. Then, it was clear that the blessing and abundance comes from G-d. Now, G-d give it to us through our work. But the work itself is not the source of the abundance, but only the channel though which it arrives to us.
When we remember what is the source and what is the channel, we will not neglect the Source and focus only on the “channel”, our work. This means working honestly, without cheating. This means not working on Shabbat, the Day of Rest. This means devoting time in our day for spiritual matters such as prayer and study.
Let us have in mind where does the blessing come from and act accordingly. May G-d bless all of us with abundance. And may we never forget where our abundance comes from.
Shabbat Shalom,
Hanna
