Kabbalah sa Isaias 45:8: Sha'arei Orah & Sefer HaBahir

The explanation is as follows: HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, “Rides upon the heavens with your help,” and as your reward for having glorified Him by your hand, He affixes the Shechakim-שחקים to draw all blessings down from His Supernal treasuries. This is as stated,¹⁰⁰Isaiah 45:8 “O’ heavens, pour forth from above and let the Shechakim-שחקים drip righteousness-Tzeddek-צדק; let the earth-Eretz-ארץ open up for salvation and righteousness-Tzeddakah-צדקה to flourish.” Similarly, another verse states,¹⁰¹Job 36:28 “So that the Shechakim-שחקים may drip, pouring out over a multitude of people,” and likewise,¹⁰²Psalms 78:23 “He has commanded the Shechakim-שחקים above and opened the doors of the heavens.”

The verse that includes all matters of this mystery is,¹⁰³Isaiah 45:8 “Pour out, O’ heavens, from above, and let the Shechakim-שחקים drip righteousness-Tzeddek-צדק; let the earth-Eretz-ארץ open up and salvation and righteousness-Tzeddakah-צדקה flourish; let it make them sprout together; I am HaShem-יהו״ה Who created this.” The explanation is as follows: The words, “Pour out, O’ heavens-Shamayim-שמים, from above,” refer to affixing the heavens-Shamayim-שמים, which are the qualities of fire-Aish-אש and water-Mayim-מים,¹⁰⁴Talmud Bavli, Chagigah 12a these being magnanimity-Gedulah and might-Gevurah, which are called E”l-א״ל and Elohi”m-אלהי״ם. These heavens-Shamayim-שמים are thus affixed to bestow influence of emanation “from above-Mima’al-ממעל,” meaning, from the three Sefirot above them.¹⁰⁵That is, the intellectual (Mochin) qualities of the crown-Keter, wisdom-Chochmah, and understanding-Binah. When the heavens-Shamayim-שמים receive the influence of emanation from the three Sefirot above them, they then bestow goodness to the three Sefirot below them, these being victory-Netzach, majesty-Hod, and foundation-Yesod, and from there goodness is drawn down as a blessing-Brachah-ברכה to the pool-Breichah-בריכה, which is HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ״י, called righteousness-Tzeddek-צדק. The verse therefore states, “let the Shechakim-שחקים drip righteousness-Tzeddek-צדק.”

Thus, from the heavens-Shamayim-שמים influence descends to the Shechakim-שחקים, and from the Shechakim-שחקים to the Living God-E”l Chai-א״ל חי, and from the Living God-E”l Chai-א״ל חי to the Lord-Adona”y-אדנ״י. This whole mystery is contained in the verse,¹¹³Isaiah 45:8 “Pour out, O’ heavens, from above, and let the Shechakim-שחקים drip righteousness-Tzeddek-צדק.” Similarly, it states,¹¹⁴Psalms 78:23 “He has commanded the Shechakim-שחקים from above, and opened the doors of the heavens.” The explanation of this verse is as follows: In the words, “He has commanded the Shechakim-שחקים from above,” the word “Mima’al-ממעל” means “from above,” referring to what is above them. What is above them? The heavens-Shamayim-שמים, as it states, “and opened the doors of the heavens-Shamayim-שמים.”