Tefila L'Ani - Prayer To Draw Down Abundance Without Troubles or Debts by Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit"a

To Draw Down Abundance (Shefa) Without Troubles or Debts

Ribbono Shel Olam – Master of the World, please pour upon us a very exalted fear [of Hashem], which is the root of the Gevurot (Strengths), the root of gold, the most exalted fear. Pour upon us wondrous and awesome fear, from the fear of Your awesome Tzaddikim. Open for us this good treasury of Yours, from which comes all the gold and all the wealth of holiness, that we will no longer be debtors, and will no longer need to gather [money] like fools and pursue and struggle after our livelihood. Pour onto us an abundance of holy wealth, from the aspect of “And Avraham was old (zaken), well advanced in years, and Hashem had blessed Avraham with everything” (Bereishit 24:1), the aspect of “From elders, I gain understanding” (Tehilim 119:100), because through the aspect of “elder (zaken),” we come to holy contemplation (hitbonenut), to the revelation of the Tablets, and to the shavings of the Tablets, which is wealth, because from there Moshe became wealthy. Ribbono Shel Olam, have mercy upon us in Your great compassion and draw upon us livelihood and abundance, goodness and blessing, charity and compassion, life and peace. Pour upon us complete Da’at (Knowledge/Awareness) of holiness and all goodness, and nullify all strife from the world. Remove all types of hatred, jealousy, spite, and quarrels from Your people, the House of Israel, forever. Draw compassion and peace into the world, truly great peace, between all your people, the House of Israel, and the entire world, until all the inhabitants of the world will have mercy upon one another with great love and compassion in truth, and give us good livelihood from Heaven. And just as You sustained our forefathers and Your people Israel in the desert for forty years and gave them the manna to eat and nothing was lacking for them, so too may You have pity upon us in Your great compassion and tremendous kindness and pour upon us an abundance of good livelihood from Heaven and fill all our lacks without any effort and trouble whatsoever, in a way that we can merit to do Your will and keep Your statutes and laws, and to be always engaged in Your Torah, day and night, without any interruption of our Torah study whatsoever. Ribbono Shel Olam, “You, awesome are You!” (ibid 76:8), perform with us awesome and wondrous deeds so that we merit to truly return to You in repentance. “With awesome deeds in righteousness, You will answer us, O God of our salvation; O Security of all [who inhabit] the ends of the earth and those far off at sea” (ibid. 65:6). “Teach me, O Hashem, Your way, that I may walk in Your truth, unite my heart to fear Your Name,” (ibid 86:11). Holy and Awesome One, save us and let us merit to achieve everything that we have requested of You. Grant us perfect fear before You in truth, until we merit through this fear to raise up great satisfaction and delight before You, and through this, pour upon us an abundance of goodness, blessing, compassion, life, and peace, (banei, chayei, u’m’zonei rivichei) - children, life, and abundant livelihood – wealth, honor, life, and all that is good – both materially and spiritually, in this world and the World to Come – so that we never be shamed, humiliated, or caused to stumble forevermore. Raise us up speedily higher and higher, until we merit to the most exalted fear in ultimate perfection, and through this, may our deeds be perfected before You in great perfection, until we merit that Your great and holy Name is completed through us at all times in the ultimate perfection, according to Your good will, and Your Name is made great forever, and all the inhabitants of the world will return to You and serve You, all of them, with awe, fear, and great terror. “Let them gratefully praise Your great and awesome Name; it is holy!” (ibid. 99:3). Speedily fulfill the verse, “The earth will then have yielded its produce; may God, our God, bless us. May God bless us and may all the ends of the earth fear Him” (ibid. 67:7-8). And it is said, “The nations will fear the Name of Hashem, and all the kings of the earth Your glory” (ibid. 102:16). And it is said, “For Hashem is supreme, awesome; a great King over all the earth” (47:3). “May the expressions of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor before You, Hashem, my Rock and my Redeemer” (ibid. 19:15). “But I -- through Your abundant kindness, I will enter Your house; I will prostrate myself toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You” (ibid. 5:8). “Blessed is Hashem, God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things. Blessed is His glorious Name forever; and may the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen” (ibid 72:18-19).

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