¹One day, Taemonim said of meal prayers, “You receive your sustenance through heaven and earth’s grace, so when you pray before a meal, you must pray in this way:²‘I am grateful for this sustenance, received through the grace of heaven and earth. O ancestral spirits, please descend to partake of this meal of your humble descendant! I humbly beg forgiveness for all my sins.’”

³Taemonim also said, “Though it is you who consume the food, your ancestral spirits partake as well.”