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Pray for everything, even the smallest concern He said, for every matter it is necessary to pray, that is, if one's garment is torn and he needs clothing, he should pray to Hashem Yisburach that He should give him clothing to wear. And so forth with everything similar. Something big or small, for everything, one should accustom himself to pray always to Hashem Yisburach for everything he is lacking. Even though the main thing is to pray for the fundamental, namely, for the service of Hashem Yisburach, to draw close to Him blessed He, even still, also for this one needs to pray. And he said: He who does not practice this, even though Hashem Yisburach gives him clothing, and a livelihood, and all his needs in life, nevertheless his whole life is like an animal, which Hashem Yisburach also gives it food etc.. Because since he does not draw all his sustenance through prayer from Hashem Yisburach, consequently all his vitality is mamash (-really) like the life of an animal, because a person needs to draw all his sustenance and his needs from Hashem Yisburach specifically through prayer and entreaty. And one time he (Rabbi Nachman) said to his student, our teacher the rav, Rabbi Nussun zatza”l, regarding a small and very trivial matter that he somewhat required, “Did you prayer for this to Hashem Yisburach?” And he stood flabbergasted, for this matter was wondrous in his eyes, to pray to Hashem Yisburach for something infinitesimal such as this, and also because it was not overly necessary. He (Rabbi Nachman) spoke up and said to him (with an inquisitive inflection), “This is beneath your dignity, that you should pray to Hashem Yisburach for such a trite matter?” And the general principle is, that for everything in the world one needs to pray to Hashem Yisburach. (Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 233).