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זוהר, אחרי מות כ״טZohar, Achrei Mot 29

Section 29 of 75 in Achrei Mot — 3 segments

Segment 1א׳

תָּאנָא, (ויקרא ט״ז:י״ז) וְכָל אָדָם לֹא יִהְיֶה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, רִבִּי יִצְחָק פָּתַח, (ויקרא כ״ו:מ״ב) וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקֹב וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְגוֹ', וְהַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגָלוּתָא, כִּבְיָכוֹל קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עִמְּהוֹן בְּגָלוּתָא, דְּהָא שְׁכִינְתָּא לָא אִתְעָדֵי מִנַּיְיהוּ לְעָלְמִין. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּזִמְנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ בְּגָלוּתָא דְּבָבֶל, שְׁכִינְתָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ שַׁרְיָא, וְתָאבָת עִמְּהוֹן מִן גָּלוּתָא. וּבִזְכוּת אִינּוּן צַדִּיקַיָּיא דְּאִשְׁתָּאָרוּ בְּאַרְעָא, שָׁארַת בְּאַרְעָא, וְלָא אַעְדֵּי מִנַּיְיהוּ לְעָלְמִין. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, דְּאִתְהַדְּרַת מַטְרוֹנִיתָא בְּמַלְכָּא, וְאִתְהַדָּר כֹּלָּא בְּהִלּוּלָא דְּמַלְכָּא, בְּגִין כָּךְ אִקְרוּן אַנְשֵׁי כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה, כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה וַדַּאי.

R. Isaac said: ‘When Israel are in captivity, God, if one may say so, is with them in captivity, for the Shekinah never leaves them. It was with them in Babylon and returned with them from the captivity; and for the sake of those righteous who were left in the land it abode in the land, as it never left them.’ R. Judah said: ‘The Matrona returned to the King and everything was gloriously restored, and therefore they were called “the men of the great Synagogue”.

Segment 2ב׳

תָּאנָא, בְּכָל זִמְנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגָלוּתָא, אִי אִינּוּן זַכָּאִין, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַקְדִּים לְרַחֲמָא עָלַיְיהוּ, וּלְאַפָּקָא לוֹן מִגָּלוּתָא. וְאִי אִינּוּן לָא זַכָּאִין, מְעַכֵּב לוֹן בְּגָלוּתָא, עַד הַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּאִתְגְּזַר. וְכַד מָטָא זִמְנָא, וְאִינּוּן לָא אִתְחַזְיָין, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַשְׁגַּח לִיקָרָא דִּשְׁמֵיה, וְלָא אַנְשֵׁי לְהוּ בְּגָלוּתָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְגוֹ'. אִלֵּין אֲבָהָן דְּכֹלָּא, רָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא.

We have learnt that if Israel in exile show themselves deserving, God will have mercy on them and hasten to bring them forth from exile, and if not He keeps them there until the appointed time, and if when that comes they are still not worthy He has regard to the honour of His Name and does not forget them in exile, as it is written: “I shall remember my covenant with Jacob”, etc. (Lev. 26, 42).’

Segment 3ג׳

רִבִּי חִיָּיא אָמַר, מַאי טַעֲמָא יַעֲקֹב קַדְמָאָה הָכָא. אֶלָּא, בְּגִין דְּיַעֲקֹב כְּלָלָא דַּאֲבָהָן, וְהוּא אִילָנָא קַדִּישָׁא. בְּגִין כָּךְ, ו' דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא בֵּיהּ אֲחִידָא, וְהָכִי קָרֵינָן יַעֲקוֹב בְּו'. רִבִּי יִצְחָק, אָמַר וָא"ו בְּאַתְווֹי י"ג מְכִילָן, דְּיָרִית יְרוּתָא דְּי"ג מַבּוּעִין דְּמַבּוּעָא סְתִימָא קַדִּישָׁא.

R. Hiya said: Why is Jacob first here? Because Jacob is the sum of the patriarchs, and he is the holy tree. Therefore the Vau of the Holy Name is held fast in him, and so we read “Jacob” with a Vau. R. Isaac said: Vau, in the letters of its own name, is the thirteen attributes, for it inherits the inheritance of the thirteen fountains of the holy hidden fountain.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)

English: rendered from the Aramaic for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a commentary; the Zohar is learned with a teacher