Prayer For Money And Success
15 January 2008When it comes to money, you can say I am religious! It pays my bills. Pays for my food, Clothing. Shelter. You know, the basics and then some. Or as I just saw the movie Thank You For Smoking, where the basic line is why people work in the fields of criminal defense and corporate america even if it kills millions of people is that “EVERYONE has a mortgage to pay.” (Even though my passion is my own business so I invested all my money in my website marketing company and not buying a house when I should have. Believe me you aren’t the only one who thinks I made the wrong choice but don’t get me started…:-))
So is money my religion? My passion? Is it a means? An end? Honestly. Whether you are Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Atheist, or whatever, have you ever heard anyone put down having a few extra shekels in their pocket? Yes my friends. Socialists, anarchists, anti-capitalists. Pink Floyd listeners. Donald Trump apprentice theme song afficianados. (The O’Jays lyrics - For The Love Of Money)
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/allaboutthebenjamins/fortheloveofmoney.htm (2nd result in Google for you SEO freaks)
Anyway - today is a special day in the Jewish Mystical world. As my facebook profile has been updated, I write: http://www.tefillos.com/parshas_hamon.asp any business owners out there want to increase revenue? Website marketing & this prayer has been doing the trick 4 me. I have also been winning more at poker!
So I am indeed saying that there is a connection between prayer and reward. Oh - and if you don’t believe in God, one of my favorite jokes is about the guy who doesn’t believe in God but prays anyway just in case…
So is this prayer legit? Is any prayer legit? There are those who say that Kabbalah and some off the beaten track prayers really aren’t part of the Jewish heritage. But do you think saying a prayer for making more business could in any way be bad for you?
The idea is that this week, the week that we recite the Torah portion of Beshallach (also happens to be my Bar Mitzvah parshah. Also happens to mean that my birthday is coming up soon. (present will be accepted) Also means that Tu B’shvat Higiyah chag LeIlanot - the winter rain should quench the thirst of the trees and we should have a fruitful agricultural season…more food for the masses - not only the worlds homeless and starving but everyone.) is the parashah that God sent Manna down from heaven so that the Israelites wouldn’t starve to death in the desert.
So you tell me. Do you believe in miracles? Do you believe that Manna really was send down from heaven. Any good ideas out there? My take on this event in biblical history is that all the Jews had to do was love each other, respect each other and believe. Not only that, the meforshim (rabbis who write about this stuff professionally - ye old bloggers) wrote (blogged) that though the Mon Man Manna (whatever you want to call it) rose with the dew of the morning and though it was like a dough tofu-ey rice pudding-ey foody thingie, it actually tasted not only good, but could taste like anything you wanted it to taste like. Hot dogs (vegetarian of course) hamburgers (same) pizza, candy, pb and j, chocolate, ice cream whatever! And get this. On Friday you took 2 portions because you weren’t supposed to work on Saturday, Shabbat, the holy Sabbath. And it didn’t even spoil - Yeah boy!
Ok. So now that you are with me, are you going to say the prayer or not. I am. Have a great week.
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