The Three Keys the Holy One Entrusts to No Messenger

Rabbi Yochanan said: There are three keys in the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He, which He has not handed over to a messenger. These are they: the key of the woman in childbirth, as it is said, "And He opened her womb" (Genesis 29:31); the key of rain, from where? As it is said, "The LORD will open for you His good treasury" (Deuteronomy 28:12); the key of the resurrection of the dead, from where? As it is said, "And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves" (Ezekiel 37:13). In the West [the Land of Israel] they say: also the key of sustenance, as it is said, "You open Your hand" (Psalms 145:16). And why does Rabbi Yochanan not count this one? Rabbi Yochanan would say to you: rain is itself sustenance.