250604.Bamidbar - IDRA RABA - ADIR BAMAROM

The skull

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon describes the skull of Arich Anpin in which are 130 million worlds, and he describes the flow of dew to Zeir Anpin and by which the dead wake up in the World to Come. He talks about that dew that sustains the Supreme Holy Ones and about the manna that sustains the righteous in the future. We learn how the whiteness of this skull radiates light in thirteen directions and how the dew flows to Zeir Anpin. The white illumination for the rest of the lower skulls (the crowns in the grades of the three worlds Briyah, Yetzirah and Asiyah) is drawn from the skull of Zeir Anpin.

Idra Raba: Verse 16

בְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא, יַתְבִין תְּלֵיסַר אַלְפֵי רִבּוֹא עָלְמִין, דְּנַטְלִין עֲלוֹי רַגְלִין, וְסַמְכִין עֲלוֹי. וּמֵהַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא נָטִיף טַלָּא, לְהַהוּא דִּלְבַר, וּמַלְיָיא לְרֵישֵׁיהּ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, דִּכְתִּיב שֶׁרֹאשִׁי נִמְלָא טָל.

In the skull, WHICH IS KETER OF ARICH ANPIN, reside 13,000 x 10,000 (130 million) worlds that move on feet and are supported by them. From this skull, dew drops flow DAILY to the exterior one, ZEIR ANPIN, and fill the head every single day, as it is written: "For my head is filled with dew" (Shir Hashirim 5:2).

Idra Raba: Verse 17

וּמֵהַהוּא טַלָּא דְּאַנְעַר מֵרֵישֵׁיהּ, הַהוּא דְּאִיהוּ לְבַר, יִתְּעֲרוּן מֵתַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. דִּכְתִיב כִּי טַל אוֹרוֹת טַלֶּךָ, אוֹרוֹת נְהוֹרָא דְּחִוַורְתָּא דְּעַתִּיקָא. וּמֵהַהוּא טַלָּא, מִתְקַיְּימִין קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין. וְהוּא מָנָא דְּטַחְנֵי לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. וְנָטִיף הַהוּא טַלָּא לְחַקְלָא דְּתַפּוּחִין קַדִּישִׁין. הה"ד, וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל וְהִנֵּה עַל פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחוּסְפָּס. וְחֵיזוּ הַהוּא טַלָּא חִוָּור. כְּהַאי גַּוְונָא דְּאַבְנִין דִּבְדּוֹלְחָא, דְּאִתְחַזְיָיא כָּל גַּוְונִין בְּגַוָּוהּ. הה"ד וְעֵינוֹ כְּעֵין הַבְּדוֹלַח.

From that dew, which is outside, and which ZEIR ANPIN shakes off from his head, the dead wake up TO LIFE in the World to Come, as it is written: "For your dew is as the dew on herbs (also: 'of lights')" (Yeshayah 26:19). THIS IS BECAUSE THIS DEW IS the illumination of the white light of Atika, MEANING THE WHITENESS OF THE SKULL THAT IS NAMED ATIKA, and from that dew the supreme holy beings are sustained. That is the manna that is ground for the righteous in the World to Come. That dew flows to the field of holy apple trees, THE MALCHUT, as it says, "And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a fine flaky substance" (Shemot 16:14). The appearance of that dew is white like the crystal stones that appear to contain all the colors within them, as it is written: "And its color was like the color of crystal" (Bemidbar 11:7).

Idra Raba: Verse 18

הַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא. חִוָּורָא דִּילֵיהּ, אַנְהִיר לִתְלֵיסַר עִיבָר גְּלִיפִין בְּסַחֲרָנוֹי. לְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא חַד, וּלְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא דָּא, בְּסִטְרָא דְּאַנְפּוֹי. וּלְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא דָּא, לְסִטְרָא דְּאֲחוֹרָא. וְחַד לְעֵילָּא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא.

The whiteness of this skull, KETER OF ARICH ANPIN, radiates light to the thirteen directions engraved around it, four directions on this side OF THE FACE, four directions on that side of its face, ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE SKULL ON THE SIDE AGAINST THE FRONT FACE, and four directions on the back side. One DIRECTION is on top of the skull, IN THE CENTER BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT.