What should you pray for on Lag Ba'omer? One of the things is Man (manna) and Parnassah (livelihood). How do I know? It’s brought down that Parnassah, the Man, first came down on Lag Ba'omer. When was that? Lag Ba'omer. Lag Ba'omer was the first day.
How do I know that? The Chatam Sofer says that when they got out of Egypt, it was 30 days. They had Matzah (unleavened bread), Matzah, Matzah for three days. They were complaining, “What’s going to be? What’s going to be?” After those three days, three days later, the Man started falling. The Man is representative of Parnassah.
Therefore, Lag Ba'omer is a time when a person prays for a lot of things. But don’t forget Parnassah. But why Parnassah? To serve HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Not so we can say, “I can’t wait to get on my vacation. I need Parnassah to relax and sit on the nice beach with the pina colada, with the straw. And don’t forget the wooden umbrella thing.” You ever see those things? You love that, huh? The wooden umbrella. And if he doesn’t give you the wooden umbrella, it’s not the same drink. It’s not the same pina colada. “Come on, where’s the umbrella guy? Come on. Go back. Go give me the umbrella thing.”
No. You want Parnassah in order to serve HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Why do you want Parnassah? To be able to help others, to help others in everything, in that aspect of the way. We want Parnassah to serve HaKadosh Baruch Hu. And when you have that in mind, and when you have that aspect, you turn to Baruch HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Baruch HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Baruch HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
And then, on Lag Ba'omer, when the Man came down, Hashem says, “I’ll rain down the Parnassah upon you. I’ll put down the Shefa (abundance). I’ll put down the Berakah (blessing).” What do we have to do? We have to pull it down. What do you have to do to pull it down? The Parnassah is all there. Hashem has it. But what? Hashem is waiting for you to pull it down. How do you pull it down? By praying. How do you pray? By praying. By praying.
The passage says, What does that mean? Take your heart and put it in your hand. Meaning, when you pray to Hashem, pray with all your koach (strength). And like that, we’re going to have the Shefa, Berakah, Parnassah this Lag Ba'omer, and furthermore...