Bibbia Ebraica
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Musar su Salmi 136:25

נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לְכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Chi dà cibo a tutta carne, poiché la sua misericordia dura per sempre.

Shemirat HaLashon

And all of this comes from the deception of the yetzer, which entices a man to say that his daughter will not achieve success or high station if she weds a Torah scholar, which would not be the case if she married this and this man. And, in truth, this is not so. For the Holy One Blessed be He, the G-d of the world and Provider of sustenance for all of His creatures, viz. (Psalms 136:25): "He gives bread to all flesh" — Would He withhold sustenance from a man, G-d forbid, because he learns Torah and fulfills its mitzvoth? Woe unto him who thinks thus of the Blessed Creator!
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Shemirat HaLashon

So, precisely, in our case. The Holy One Blessed be He, who apportions food to all of His creations, as it is written (Psalms 136:25): "He gives bread to all flesh," is the Father of Israel and they are His sons, as it is written (Devarim 14:1): "You are sons, etc." And He desires their peace and not their quarrel, as we find in Tanna d'bei Eliyahu 28: "The Holy One Blessed be He said to Israel: 'My beloved sons, do I lack anything that I ask it from you? And what do I ask from you? Only that you love each other and honor each other, etc., and that there not be found among you sin and theft, etc.'" Therefore, if one intrudes himself upon another and he [the second] asks him to stop, and he refuses, and he [the second] comes before the Blessed L-rd and entreats Him to give him a different portion so that he need not quarrel with his friend, he certainly will find favor in the eyes of the Blessed L-rd because of his holy trait, as they have said (Chullin 89a) on the verse (Iyyov 26:7): "He suspends the earth on nothingness [b'limah]." "Because of whom does the world exist? Because of him who muzzles [bolem (like b'limah)] his mouth in a time of quarrel, because of his trust in the L-rd" — and he receives a double portion.
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Shenei Luchot HaBerit

Our sages conveyed the same message when they explained that although the sacrifices on the Altar were consumed by Heavenly fire, yet the priests had to prepare the fire on the Altar on an ongoing basis. When man prepares the fire, G–d's fire will descend and consume the offerings, a sign of goodwill from G–d. The fire on earth "awakens" the Heavenly fire (Eyruvin 63). This is a rule which applied to everything in the Sanctuary with the exception of the Table and the Candlestick. The Candlestick with its seven lamps alludes to the ongoing existence of the universe which was created in seven days and alludes to the super-natural light that the universe was bathed in during those days and until Adam's sin. The Table teaches that G–d provides bread for all creatures, for His kindness is everlasting. The Table was not placed in the location which we would have expected in order to show that G–d neither needs our light nor our bread. What this means is that whereas in spiritual matters man must make the first move to come closer to G–d, G–d will make the first move when it comes to providing our physical needs such as food and light. We see that G–d continues to provide the universe and its creatures with its needs even though the Sanctuary is in ruins. We acknowledge this daily when we say grace after our meals. This is what the sages meant when they quoted G–d as saying: "I do not need the terrestrial Sanctuary either to enable light to be dispensed from Heaven or for food to be provided by My grace. If G–d nonetheless commanded the construction of a Candlestick and a Table, and commanded how they were to function, this was to attest that G–d's שכינה rested over Israel. It was an an assurance that even if there no longer were a Sanctuary this would not mean that G–d would withdraw His Presence, as we know from השוכן אתם בתוך טומאותם, "Who dwells amongst them in their state of defilement" (Lev. 16,16).
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