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constant, unceasing pleasantness and sweetness. And then we attain wrongdoing and sin. Always be with me. Guard me and
true life that may properly be called life. rescue me from the blemish of craving food and drink.
May I always eat in great holiness and purity, without
You will see your world in your lifetime! any bodily craving at all. May I always eat and drink

food that has been purified to be human food. Shield
me, guard me and rescue me, so that any food and drink
that has not yet been purified to be human food will not
In truth, the essence of the good purpose of the holy come into my mouth, because such food and drink can
soul is to attain the ultimate perfection of the will. destroy a person’s holy face, heaven forbid, so that he
That is the level of the will within will that the soul will will fall into sleep, heaven forbid. Rather, may I eat with
attain: to possess a strong, true resolve for Hashem, great holiness foods that have been purified, foods that
may He be blessed, until it is absorbed into the “will of are as holy as the showbread, so that through them I may
wills,” which is the “will within wills,” and which is the attain a good and joyful heart and a holy face. Rescue
perfection and pinnacle of all levels.
me from foods that bring evil to the heart. (Likutei Halachot
60)
(Likutei Halachot 3:2)
Master of the universe, You Who graciously give man
knowledge, have compassion on me. See how senseless
I am and how much I lack knowledge, in that I take
pleasure in sleep and I crave sleep—which means that

I crave death, because sleep is death. See how foolish I
am, so that I take pride in sleep. See how many hours I
have burned away in my life, how many precious nights
Did you enjoy this book? I have destroyed, how many precious Sabbaths I have
lost. And they all join together to a total of years. Woe
If so, please help us spread the message of emuna to me that I have slept away my life! Have compassion
around the world. Send your contributions to: on me. I am being murdered. I am being seized. I am
imprisoned in the ropes of sleep. Rescue me! How much
Chut Shel Chessed the evil inclination oppresses me. ‘Be a surety for Your
servant for good. May sinners not oppress me’ (Psalms
POB 50226 119:122). Please have compassion on me and graciously
Jerusalem Israel grant me Your wisdom, understanding and knowledge.
Please give me knowledge, so that I will know that the
Or call: desire to sleep is the most pernicious desire that exists,

972-52-2240696 the source of all other evil desires. Give me a perfected
awareness so that I will realize that sleep is absolute evil.