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Why does it seem more "empirically" correct to "give credit to the farmer, the merchant, and the baker"? What is Heschel's answer for why we thank God instead? We say 'Blessed be Thou, O Eternal our God, Ruler of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.' Empirically speaking, would it not be more correct to give credit to the farmer, the merchant and the baker? [Rather] we bless God who makes possible both nature and civilization.
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Blessed are You, God, our God, sovereign of the universe, who formed humans with wisdom and created within him many openings and many hollows. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם גָּלוּי וְיָדוּעַ לִפְנֵי כִסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה רוֹפֵא כָל בָּשָׂר
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Our Rabbis taught this [in a Bereita]: The pious ones of old used to hide their splinters of wood and shards of glass and bury them [because they could cause damage] three handbreadths beneath the surface of their fields so that they would not impede the progress of the plow. Rav Sheshet used to throw them in a fire. Rava threw them into the river. Rabbi Judah said: a person who wants to be pious should attend to matters of liability. Rava said:to matters of Avot [ethical principles], or alternately, to matters of blessings. [translation by AJWS] ת"ר: חסידים הראשונים היו מצניעים קוצותיהם וזכוכיותיהם בתוך שדותיהן ומעמיקים להן ג' טפחים, כדי שלא יעכב המחרישה. רב ששת שדי להו בנורא. רבא שדי להו בדגלת. אמר רב יהודה: האי מאן דבעי למהוי חסידא, לקיים מילי דנזיקין; רבא אמר: מילי דאבות; ואמרי לה: מילי דברכות.
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Rabbi Judah said: When a person goes out during the days of [the Jewish month of] Nissan and sees trees that are in bloom, say "Blessed is the one whose world lacks nothing and created in it good creations and good trees for the benefit of humanity." אמר רב יהודה: האי מאן דנפיק ביומי ניסן וחזי אילני דקא מלבלבי, אומר: ברוך שלא חיסר בעולמו כלום וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובות להתנאות בהן בני אדם.
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Rabbi Ba the son of Rav Hiyya bar Abba teaches: If he ate while walking, he must stand and bless. If he ate standing, he must sit and bless. If he ate sitting, he must recline [formally] and bless. If he ate reclining, he must enwrap himself רַבִּי בָּא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב חִיָיא בַּר אַבָּא: אָכַל מְהַלֵּך, עוֹמֵד וּמְבָרֵךְ. אָכַל עוֹמֵד, יוֹשֵׁב וּמְבָרֵךְ. אָכַל יוֹשֵׁב, מֵיסֵב וּמְבָרֵךְ. אָכַל מֵיסֵב, מִתְעַטֵּף וּמְבָרֵךְ. אִם עָשָׁה כֵן הֲרֵי הוּא כְּמַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת. 
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