Likutei Moharan 29:5/ליקוטי מוהר"ן כ״ט:ה׳

15. Earning a livelihood without struggle, the aspect of <manna>, “bread from heaven” (Exodus 16:4), is also dependent on this—on the General Remedy, rectification of the brit. This corresponds to (Proverbs 30:19), “the way of the eagle is in heaven.”

2This is the meaning of (Numbers 11:7), “The manna was like the seed of GaD (coriander)”—the seed of the < GiD> is a white drop, the aspect of “flowing from Lebanon.” For this is the concept of rectification of the brit, upon which a livelihood without struggle—the aspect of manna, “bread from heaven”—is dependent.

3[But] a livelihood which is earned with struggle and difficulty is the result of one’s not having effected the General Remedy, which is rectification of the brit. This is because: One who throws away crumbs of bread, poverty pursues him. All the more so someone who throws away the “crumbs” of his mind (Zohar III, 244a). { “You shall not eat on blood; you shall not nachashu (act on the basis of omens); you shall not onainu (act on the basis of auspicious times)” (Leviticus 19:26). }

4And this is the meaning of, “You shall not eat on blood”—that is, because of the bloods which generate an aspect of menstruation in the Shekhinah, corresponding to “the city of blood”/”Why is your clothing red?”/a stain was found on his garments. In other words, because of a blemish of the brit, which is a blemish in the generality of the gidim —this being a blemish of the garments, as explained—“you shall not eat,” i.e., your livelihood will be a struggle.

5“You shall not act on the basis of omens. You shall not act on the basis of auspicious times.” For they bring on the aspect of “the Serpent draws her to himself” and cause the evil handmaid, who is “a bad time,” to rule.

6This is the meaning of, “You shall not NaChaShu”—do not, God forbid, bring about that “the NaChaSh (Serpent) draws her to himself and pollutes her,” as above. And “you shall not ONainu”—this has the connotation of time and ONah (season). In other words, do not, God forbid, bring about the rule of the “bad time” of the twenty-eight times, as above.

7And this was Yaakov’s request (Genesis 28:20), “… and if He gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear.” For one is dependent upon the other; a livelihood is dependent upon the concept of white garments. And this is (Isaiah 23:18), “to eat to satiation and for majestic clothing.”

8Now, Yaakov drew whiteness—the aspect of “the white layer” (Genesis 30:37) —through the General Remedy; as is written (ibid. 49:3), “the first of my manhood.” He is described as “a tent dweller” (ibid. 25:27) — i.e., the aspect of heaven; as it is written (Isaiah 40:22), “He spread [the heavens] out like a tent to dwell in.” This corresponds to “the way of the eagle is in heaven”/”the brightness of the firmament”/the crimson-colored strap which whitens their transgressions and the three hundred sixty-five gidim, as in (ibid. 1:18), “Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as white wool.”