The skull of Zeir Anpin

Synopsis

We read how dew drips from the skull of Arich Anpin to the skull of Zeir Anpin and from there to Malchut where it sustains everything. From this dew, manna is ground for the righteous in the World to Come, and through it the dead will be revived. Rabbi Shimon talks about how this dew dripped when Yisrael was wandering in the wilderness. As this event never happened at any other time in the world, we learn that children, length of life and sustenance depend not on merit but instead on Mazal. Lastly we hear that there is healing in the world only when Zeir Anpin and Atika Kadisha face each other; then everything is long-suffering.

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117. In this skull of Zeir Anpin, dew drips from the white head, WHICH IS THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN, which appears in two colors, FOR THOUGH IT IS CHASSADIM THAT ARE CONSIDERED WHITE, NEVERTHELESS SOME REDNESS APPEARS IN IT, WHICH INDICATES THE INCLUSION OF CHOCHMAH, WHICH IS WHAT IS MEANT BY, "THE COLOR OF BDELLIUM" (BEMIDBAR 11:7). From Zeir Anpin the field of holy apple trees, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is sustained. From the dew in this skull, manna is ground for the righteous for the World to Come, and through it the dead shall be revived. This dew never dripped except when Yisrael wandered in the wilderness, sustained by the most ancient from that place, THE DEW ABOVE THE SKULL, and this never happened afterwards. This is the meaning of, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you" (Shemot 16:4), as in, "therefore Elohim give you of the dew of heaven..." (Beresheet 27:28). FOR SOME OF THE DEW OF THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN DRIPS ON THE SKULL OF ZEIR ANPIN CALLED HEAVEN. This was at that time, WHEN THEY WERE FED BY THE DEW OF HEAVEN. Other times, we learned that man's sustenance is hard for the Holy One, blessed be He, because AT THAT TIME SUSTENANCE came from Mazal, Mazal certainly WHERE THERE ARE JUDGMENTS, AND NOT FROM THE DEW OF THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN, WHICH IS WHOLLY OF MERCY. Hence children, length of life and sustenance do not depend on merit, but on Mazal. Everything derives from that Mazal as we explained THAT IT IS THE BEARD OF ARICH ANPIN.

117. בְּהַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא דז"א, נָטִיף טַלָּא מֵרֵישָׁא חִוָּורָא, וְהַהוּא טַלָּא אִתְחֲזֵי בִּתְרֵי גְּוָונֵי. וּמִנֵּיהּ מִתְּזָן חַקְלָא דְּתַפּוּחִין קַדִּישִׁין. וּמֵהַאי טַלָּא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא דָּא, טַחֲנִין מָנָא לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, וּבֵיהּ זְמִינִין מֵתַיָּיא לַאֲחַיָּיא. וְלָא אִזְדְּמַן מָנָא דְּנָפַל מֵהַאי טַלָּא, בַּר הַהוּא זִמְנָא בְּזִמְנָא דְּאָזְלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַדְבְּרָא, וְזָן לְהוּ עַתִּיקָא דְּכֺלָּא, מֵהַאי אֲתָר. מַה דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח לְבָתַר. הה"ד הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר לָכֶם לֶחֶם מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם. כד"א וְיִתֶּן לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וְגוֹ.' הַאי בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא. לְזִמְנָא אַחֲרָא תָּנֵינָן, קָשִׁים מְזוֹנוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְהָא בְּמַזָּלָא תַּלְיָיא בְּמַזָּלָא וַדַּאי. וע"כ בְּנֵי חַיֵּי וּמְזוֹנֵי, לָאו בִּזְכוּתָא תַּלְיָיא מִלְּתָא, אֶלָּא בְּמַזָּלָא תַּלְיָיא מִלְּתָא, וְכֺלָּא תַּלְיָין בְּהַאי מַזָּלָא, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא.

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118. 90,000,000 worlds journey and are supported by the skull. The pure air OF ABA is included within all GRADES OF ZEIR ANPIN, BOTH TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT, WHICH IS WHY THE FACE OF ZEIR ANPIN HAS EXPANDED to two sides, RIGHT AND LEFT, by two lights FROM CHASSADIM AND CHOCHMAH that include everything. When the face OF ZEIR ANPIN looks to the face of Atika Kadisha, everything, BOTH THE FACE OF ARICH ANPIN AND THE FACE OF ZEIR ANPIN, is called long-suffering. We learned that it is long-suffering because He is long-suffering to the wicked, but long-suffering MEANS healing come from the face, SINCE LONG (HEB. AROCH) MEANS HEALING, DERIVED FROM, "FOR I WILL RESTORE HEALTH (HEB. ARUCHAH) TO YOU" (YIRMEYAH 30:17), for there is healing in the world only when ZEIR ANPIN AND ATIKA KADISHA face each other.

118. תִּשְׁעָה אַלְפִין רִבּוֹא עָלְמִין, נַטְלִין וְסַמְכִין עַל הַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא. וְהַאי אֲוִירָא דַּכְיָא אִתְכְּלִיל בְּכֺלָּא, כֵּיוָן דְּהוּא כָּלִיל מִכֺּלָּא וְכֺלָּא אִתְכְּלִיל בֵּיהּ, אִתְפְּשָׁטוּ אַנְפּוֹי לִתְרֵין סִטְרִין, בִּתְרֵי נְהוֹרִין כְּלִילָן מִכֺּלָּא. וְכַד אִסְתָּכָּלוּ אַנְפּוֹי, בְּאַנְפִּין דְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא, כֺּלָּא אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם אִקְרֵי. מַאי אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם. אֶלָּא הָכִי תָּנֵינָן, בְּגִין דְּאָרִיךְ אַפֵּיהּ לְחַיָיבַיָא. אֲבָל אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם, אַסְוָותָא דְּאַנְפִּין. דְּהָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח אַסְוָותָא בְּעָלְמָא, אֶלָּא בְּזִמְנָא דְּאַשְׁגְּחִין אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין.