Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

The brocho שעשה לי כל צרכי , Hashem provided for me all my needs, is said on leather shoes. The human being is on the highest level of creation, דומם,צומח,חי, מדבר inanimate, plant, living and speaking. Each one feeds itself from what is below it. The plant from water. The living from plants and the speaking human being from the living. The plant is greater than the inanimate. The living is greater than the plant and inanimate. The human being is greater than the living, plant and inanimate. I heard that we step back three steps by shmonei esrei to lower ourselves three levels to the level of inanimate object.