There are two parts to our “Parnasah“, our sustenance.

The first is called “Geshamim” (rain), which represents the blessing of Hashem from above. The second is called, Parnasah (livelihood) which represents our participation and work. In the Gemara it states that even the key to Parnasah, our participation, comes from Hashem; because even with our participation, we should recognize that in actuality , everything is a blessing from Hashem, and that we only create the vessels to receive those blessings.

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