וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִטַּל֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְרֹ֥ב דָּגָ֖ן וְתִירֹֽשׁ׃
At bigyan ka nawa ng Diyos ng hamog ng langit at ng matatabang bahagi ng lupa, at ng saganang butil at alak.
Idra Zuta
The skull of Atika
The skull, namely, Keter, of the white head, that is, the head of Arich Anpin that is completely white, which denotes the sway of Chesed, has neither beginning nor end of the appearance of Chochmah. This refers to the upper Chochmah and the lower Chochmah, since the flow of Chochmah and the flow of Chassadim are united within it as one light of Chassadim. The unison of its abundance pours and shines from it, and the righteous receive from it four hundred desirable realms in the world to come. From the unity of streams, which is the white head, dew – abundance – drips daily down to Zeir Anpin, which is the location called heaven. With it, this dew, the dead will arise in the future as written, “therefore Elohim give you of the dew of heaven” (Bereshit 27:28). That is the dew of Zeir Anpin that is called heaven. And its head is filled. It flows from this Zeir Anpin to the apple field, which is Malchut, and the entire apple field is illuminated by this dew.
The skull, namely, Keter, of the white head, that is, the head of Arich Anpin that is completely white, which denotes the sway of Chesed, has neither beginning nor end of the appearance of Chochmah. This refers to the upper Chochmah and the lower Chochmah, since the flow of Chochmah and the flow of Chassadim are united within it as one light of Chassadim. The unison of its abundance pours and shines from it, and the righteous receive from it four hundred desirable realms in the world to come. From the unity of streams, which is the white head, dew – abundance – drips daily down to Zeir Anpin, which is the location called heaven. With it, this dew, the dead will arise in the future as written, “therefore Elohim give you of the dew of heaven” (Bereshit 27:28). That is the dew of Zeir Anpin that is called heaven. And its head is filled. It flows from this Zeir Anpin to the apple field, which is Malchut, and the entire apple field is illuminated by this dew.
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).