Kabbalah su Esodo 16:78
Zohar
Rebbe Yitzchak said, "they had gathered as much as they needed to eat" (Shmot 16:18). For the one who eats less, gathered less, and the one who eats more, gathered more. Yet it is written, "the one who had gathered much had no excess, and the one who had gathered little had no deficiency." Rather, according to what they ate, they gathered. It says, "their eating", that which they would actually eat, which is why it doesn't say, "their food".
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Idra Zuta
The skull of Zeir Anpin
Dew flows from the white head, which is the skull of Arich Anpin, through the skull of Zeir Anpin. The dew appears in two colors. Even though it is Chassadim that are considered white in color, it still has a reddish hue, which alludes to the inclusion of Chochmah, like the color of bdellium. The field of sacred apple trees, which is Malchut, is sustained by Zeir Anpin; manna is ground from the skull’s dew for the righteous in the world to come, and the dead will be resurrected with it. An occasion for the dew to settle occurred only during the time when the children of Israel traversed the desert and the most ancient sustained them from that place of dew above the skull. This has not occurred since. This is the meaning of, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you” (Shemot 16:4), as said, “therefore Elohim give you of the dew of heaven…” (Bereshit 27:28); for the dew of the skull of Arich Anpin flows over the skull of Zeir Anpin called heaven. That was then when they were sustained by the dew of heaven. At another time, we learned, “The providential support of man is as difficult…” (Tractate Pesachim 118b) before the Holy One, blessed be He; since sustenance depends on luck (Mazala) at this time. It comes from fate, which contains judgments, rather than from the dew of the skull of Arich Anpin, which is wholly in a state of mercy. This is why children, longevity and sustenance depend on luck rather than merit, as we explained. Everything derives from Mazala, as we explained that it is the beard of Arich Anpin that is called Mazala (see section 36).
Dew flows from the white head, which is the skull of Arich Anpin, through the skull of Zeir Anpin. The dew appears in two colors. Even though it is Chassadim that are considered white in color, it still has a reddish hue, which alludes to the inclusion of Chochmah, like the color of bdellium. The field of sacred apple trees, which is Malchut, is sustained by Zeir Anpin; manna is ground from the skull’s dew for the righteous in the world to come, and the dead will be resurrected with it. An occasion for the dew to settle occurred only during the time when the children of Israel traversed the desert and the most ancient sustained them from that place of dew above the skull. This has not occurred since. This is the meaning of, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you” (Shemot 16:4), as said, “therefore Elohim give you of the dew of heaven…” (Bereshit 27:28); for the dew of the skull of Arich Anpin flows over the skull of Zeir Anpin called heaven. That was then when they were sustained by the dew of heaven. At another time, we learned, “The providential support of man is as difficult…” (Tractate Pesachim 118b) before the Holy One, blessed be He; since sustenance depends on luck (Mazala) at this time. It comes from fate, which contains judgments, rather than from the dew of the skull of Arich Anpin, which is wholly in a state of mercy. This is why children, longevity and sustenance depend on luck rather than merit, as we explained. Everything derives from Mazala, as we explained that it is the beard of Arich Anpin that is called Mazala (see section 36).
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