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Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said: Three things are equally important: earth, humanity, and dew. Rabbi Levi bar Chiya said: These three terms are each composed of three letters to teach that without the earth there is no dew, without the dew there is no earth, and without them both there is no humanity. [Translation by AJWS]

1) Why does Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai say that humanity, earth, and dew are equal?
2) How does Rabbi Levi support this thesis? What does he add?