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Guarding Your Health

Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Deot 4:1

When keeping the body in health and vigor, one walks in the way of God.

רמב“ם משׁנה תוֹרה הלכוֹת דעוֹת ד:א
הוֹאִיל וֶהֶיוֹת הַגוּף בָּרִיא וְשָׁלֵם, מִדַּרְכֵי הַשֵּׁם הוּא
Asher Yatzar Blessing, Liturgy

Praised are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe Who with wisdom fashioned the human body, creating openings, arteries, glands, and organs, marvelous in structure, intricate in design. Should but one of them, by being blocked or opened, fail to function, it would be impossible to exist. Praised are You, Lord, Healer of all flesh Who sustains our bodies in wondrous ways.

אשׁר יצר
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה‘ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶת הָאָדָם בְּחָכְמָה, וּבָרָא בוֹ נְקָבִים נְקָבִים, חֲלוּלִים חֲלוּלִים, גָלוּי וְיָֽדוּעַ לִפְנֵי כִסֵּא כְבוֹדֶֽךָ שֶאִם יִפָּתֵֽחַ אֶחָד מֵהֶם, אוֹ יִסָּתֵם אֶחָד מֵהֶם, אִי אֶפְשַׁר לְהִתְקַיֵים וְלַעֲמוֹד לְפָנֶֽיךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה‘, רוֹפֵא כָל בָּשָׂר, וּמַפְלִיא לַעֲשׂוֹת:
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