# Prayer for Torah 27

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27.

King of Kings, Who crowns Kings but to Whom the Monarchy belongs, all the leadership and authority in the world, from the great to the small, is all from You alone. As the Sages said, ‘even the head of garbage collectors is appointed from Heaven.’ This is as it says, “Yours G-d is the Kingdom and sovereignty over every leader.”

So, have mercy over us, for Your Name’s sake. Grant us benefactors, leaders and rulers who are kosher and upright in every single tow. Draw upon them knowledge and true compassion so that they will have mercy on the impoverished and not overburden them with taxes. Let them use their leadership in a worthy manner, as You desire, and arrange the burden of taxes in an appropriate way, according to the wealth or poverty of each person. Exempt entirely those who deserve it, especially those who fear G-d and who have taken it upon themselves to dedicate their lives to Torah and prayers. Have mercy on them for Your Name’s sake. Plant in the heart of the leaders of each town and city the decision to release these servants of G-d from the yoke of having to make a living in order to pay taxes. Have compassion, G-d, on all Jews, who are scattered among the nations and ruled by them. The nations burden us in particular with their taxes. G-d, You know our hardships and toil. You know how our income has decreased to a minimum, because of our sins. It is especially hard nowadays for those who wan tot follow the paths of Torah and to come close to You. Most, if not all of them have difficulty finding even a minimum income. Who will stand up for us other than You great Name. Have mercy on Your nation, the Jewish People, in every town and city and grant us new, honest, kosher leaders and benefactors who will arrange the taxes in a truly fair fashion, as You desire.

You revealed to us the immense virtue of meriting to decent, upright leaders. First, we merit to nullify the four evil attributes which are, blemishes in faith or disbelief, incest, killing and most serious slander. They are the primary sins in the Torah. You know how much we need to pray and plead to be saved from these four evil attributes, whether in deed word of mouth or thought, whether accidentally or intentionally. The blemishes caused by our sins are very far-reaching, as You know so please have mercy on us and give us respectable leaders who will arrange the burden of taxes in a fair way. As a result, save us all from these four evil attributes such that no speck of them attaches itself or thoughts. Just merit us to be holy and pure in the most perfect way. May we be completely clear from any of these four evil attributes.

28.

 There are differences between the types of Torah. There is Torah which is given to be written while there is another which is not given to be written. And whoever knows to distinguish between the Torah given to be written and that which is not given to be written, he can recognize a Jew even if he is standing among several nationalities of gentiles.

29.

 When a halachic question arises in a Jew's house as a result of the mixing of a prohibited food in a permissible one and there isn't enough in the permissible food to nullify the prohibition (i.e. sixty times more the quantity), this means that the person is being shown from Heaven that he has blemished a Unification in the World Above.