The Zohar · Addenda, Volume I
זוהר, תוספות כרך א י״זZohar, Addenda, Volume I 17
Section 17 of 52 in Addenda, Volume I — 4 segments
Segment 1א׳
לְאַבְרָהָם. זִמְנָא חֲדָא נָפַק רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְחָמָא (וחזא) עַלְמָא דְחַשִׁיךְ וְאַפִיל וְאִסְתַתָם נְהוֹרֵיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, תָּא וְנֶחֱזֵי מָה בָּעֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֶעְבָּד בְּעַלְמָא. אָזְלוּ וְאַשְׁכָּחוּ חַד מַלְאֲכָא דְּדָמֵי לְטוּרָא רַבְרְבָא וְאַפִּיק תְּלָתִין שַׁלְהוֹבִין דְּנוּרָא מִפּוּמֵיהּ.
To Abraham. Once R. Simeon went out and saw the world dark and gloomy, its light shut up. He said to R. Eleazar: Come and let us see what the Holy One, blessed be He, wants to do in the world. They went and found one angel who was like a great mountain, and he sent out thirty flames of fire from his mouth.
Segment 2ב׳
אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מָה אַתְּ בָּעֵי לְמֵעְבָּד. אָמַר לֵיהּ בָּעֵינָא לְמֵחַרְבֵּיהּ לְעַלְמָא בְּגִין דְלָא שְׁכִיחֵי תְּלָתִין זַכָּאִין בְּדָרָא דְהַכִי גָּזָר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַל אַבְרָהָם דִּכְתִיב (בראשית י"ח) הָיוֹ יִהְיֶה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא תְּלָתִין. אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בְּמָטוּ מִינָךְ, זִיל קַמֵּיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וְאִימָא לֵיהּ, בָּר יוֹחָאי שָׁכִיחַ בְּאַרְעָא.
R. Simeon said to him: What do you want to do? He said to him: I want to destroy the world, because there are not thirty righteous men to be found in the generation; for so did the Holy One, blessed be He, decree concerning Abraham, as it is written, (Gen. 18) HAYO YIHYEH — in gematria, thirty. R. Simeon said to him: I beg of you, go before the Holy One, blessed be He, and say to Him: Bar Yohai is to be found in the earth.
Segment 3ג׳
אֲזַל הַהוּא מַלְאֲכָא קַמֵּיהּ דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וְאָמַר לֵיהּ, מָארֵיהּ דְעַלְמָא גָּלֵי קַמָּךְ מָה דְּאָמַר לִי בָּר יוֹחָאי. אָמַר לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא זִיל אֲחַרְבֵיה לְעַלְמָא וְלָא תַשְׁגָּח בְּבַר יוֹחָאי.
That angel went before the Holy One, blessed be He, and said to Him: Master of the world, it is revealed before You what Bar Yohai said to me. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Go, destroy the world, and pay no regard to Bar Yohai.
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
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