Musar for Taanit 3:12
אמר ר' יוחנן ג' מפתחות בידו של הקב"ה שלא נמסרו ביד שליח ואלו הן מפתח של גשמים מפתח של חיה מפתח של תחיית המתים
And it is [further] written, Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 5.');"><sup>14</sup></span> Where [in these verses is this idea] implied? - Rabbah B'Shila replied: It is derived from the analogous use of the word heker in verses treating of Creation.
Mesilat Yesharim
His clinging may reach such high levels that the key to revival of the dead will be given to him, as it was given to Eliyahu and Elisha. This will reveal how intensely is his clinging to G-d, blessed be He. For in His being the source of life, who bestows life to all living things, as our sages of blessed memory, said: "three keys the Holy One, blessed be He, has retained in His own hands and not entrusted into the hand of any emissary (angel): the Key of the Revival of the Dead..." (Taanit 2a). Behold, one who clings to the blessed G-d completely will be able to draw down even the flow of life itself from Him, which is, what is attributed to G-d more than anything else as I wrote. This is what the Beraitha concludes: "Holiness brings to the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit brings to the Revival of the Dead".
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