Man’s Sustenance

Rav Shizvi said in the name of Rabi Elazar ben Azaryah: The miracles that Hashem performs to bring people their sustenance are as great as that of the splitting of the sea. Therefore, it is necessary to pray for one’s sustenance.

From where do we know this? It says (Tehillim 136:25), “He gives bread to all living flesh.” This immediately follows the passuk (ibid, verse 13), ‘To He who tears the sea into strips.” This tells us that the miracle of providing sustenance is similar to the miracle of the Splitting of the Sea.

(Pesachim 118a)