Know! the philosophers call nature Em Kol Chay (Mother Nature). We, with our prayers, nullify nature. For nature necessitates such-and-such, and through prayer [the course of] nature is changed.
This is the aspect of the Eighteen Blessings of prayer, not counting the blessing for [overcoming] atheists. For with the ChaY (18) blessings we nullify nature, Em Kol ChaY, subjugating and nullifying the atheists and heretics.
דַּע, כִּי הַפִילוֹסוֹפִים קוֹרִים לְהַטֶּבַע אֵם כָּל חָי, וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַל יְדֵי תְּפִלּוֹתֵינוּ אָנוּ מְבַטְּלִים הַטֶּבַע, כִּי הַטֶּבַע מְחַיֵּב כָּךְ, וְעַל יְדֵי הַתְּפִלָּה נִשְׁתַּנֶּה הַטֶּבַע.
Know! the philosophers call nature Em Kol Chay (Mother Nature). We, with our prayers, nullify nature. For nature necessitates such-and-such, and through prayer [the course of] nature is changed.
וְזֶה בְּחִינַת חַ"י בִּרְכוֹת הַתְּפִלָּה חוּץ בִּרְכַּת הַמִּינִים, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי חַי בִּרְכָאָן, מְבַטְּלִין הַטֶּבַע אֵם כָּל חָי, וּמַכְנִיעִין וּמְבַטְּלִין הַמִּינִים וְהָאֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים:
This is the aspect of the Eighteen Blessings of prayer, not counting the blessing for [overcoming] atheists. For with the ChaY (18) blessings we nullify nature, Em Kol ChaY, subjugating and nullifying the atheists and heretics.