251. Come and see what is written concerning Isaac, "And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him" (Beresheet 27:22). He said: He is lacking only the dew from heaven that flowed upon the earth, MEANING THAT HE LACKS ONLY THE BOUNTY OF ZEIR ANPIN CALLED HEAVEN, THE LIGHT OF CHASSADIM, AS HE IS A CHARIOT FOR ZEIR ANPIN. BUT HE DOES NOT NEED THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH. Rabbi Yosi spoke, "And the fatness of the earth" (Ibid. 28) IS ALSO WRITTEN DENOTING THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH, and he blessed him with everything, BOTH CHASSIDIM AND CHOCHMAH. Why DID HE BLESS HIM WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH? When he saw him with hair, DENOTING JUDGMENTS, he said, in order to remove this FROM HIM, he needs "the fatness of the earth" DENOTING THE ILLUMINATION OF CHOCHMAH, but not the filth of the earth, LIKE THE OTHER SIDE THAT FEEDS UPON THE FILTH OF THE NAILS. This filth comes from the earth, DENOTING MALCHUT. When the dew of Heaven and the fine fruit of the earth join, DENOTING ZEIR ANPIN AND MALCHUT, that filth passes.
251. ת"ח, יִצְחָק מַה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, וַיִּגַּשׁ יַעֲקֺב אֶל יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ, אָמַר, דָּא לָא אִתְעָדֵי, אֶלָּא מִטַּלָּא דִּשְׁמַיָּא דְּנָגִיד עַל אַרְעָא. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ, בְּכֺלָּא בְּרָכֵיהּ. מ"ט. בְּגִין דְּחָמָא לֵיהּ בְּשַׂעְרָא, אָמַר לְמֶעְבַּר דָּא, וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ אִצְטְרִיךְ, וְלָא זוּהֲמָא דְּאַרְעָא, דְּהַאי זוּהֲמָא הוּא דְּאַרְעָא, וְכַד טַלָּא דִּשְׁמַיָּא וּמִגְדָּא דְּאַרְעָא מִתְחַבְּרָאן אִתְעַבָּר הַאי זוּהֲמָא.