זוהר, תוספות כרך א כ״גZohar, Addenda, Volume I 23

Segment 4ד׳

דְהַכִי אוֹלִיפְנָא בְּרָזָא דִּקְרִיָת שְׁמַע דְּבָעֵי בָּר נָשׁ לְיַחֲדָא לְמָארֵיהּ וּלְקַשְׁרָא קִשְׁרִין דִמְהֵימְנוּתָא בִּרְעוּתָא דְלִבָּא. וְכַד מָטֵי לְאֶחָד אִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ לְכַוְונָא בְּא' סְתִימָא עַתִּיקָא (ס"א עמיקא) דְּכֹלָּא וְח' תְמַנְיָא דַרְגִּין עִלָּאִין מֵחָכְמָה עִלָּאָה עַד צַדִּיק. וְד' רַבְּתָא אִתְדַבְּקוּתָא דְּכְּנְסֵת יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאִיהִי חוּלָקֵיהּ דְדָוִד דְאִקְּרֵי עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן כַּד אִתְדַּבְּקַת לְאִינוּן דַרְגִּין דִלְעֵילָא דִּרְמִיזִין בְּא"ח. כְּדֵין אִיהִי רַבְּתָא וְעָלְמָא כּוּלֶיהּ יָנִיק מִינָהּ וְאִינּוּן שָׁדַיִם דְּאִינּוּן (שיר השירים ח׳:י׳) כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת אָז הָיִיתִי בְּעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצֵאת שָׁלוֹם.

For so have we learnt in the mystery of the reading of the Shema: that a man must unify his Master and bind the bonds of faith with the desire of the heart. And when he reaches ECHAD he must direct his mind — in the Aleph, the hidden Ancient One (a variant reads: the deep) of all; and in the Heth, eight supernal grades, from supernal chochmah down to the Righteous One. And the large Daleth is the cleaving of the Community of Israel, which is the portion of David, who is called poor and needy, when she cleaves to those grades above that are hinted at in Aleph-Heth. Then she is great, and the whole world sucks from her; and those are the breasts that are (Song 8, 10) “like towers: then was I in his eyes as one who found peace.”

Segment 5ה׳

תָּא חֲזֵי הָאי קְרָא עַל כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אִתְמַר כַּד אִיהִי בְּגָלוּתָא עִם בְּנָהָא בֵּין אוּמִין דְעַלְמָא אִקְרֵי זְעִירָא הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב (שם) אָחוֹת לָּנוּ קְטַנָּה וְעַד יִשְׂרָאֵל אִתְדַבָּרוּ בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וְאַזְלִין בְּאֹרַח קְשׁוֹט כְּדֵין אִתְמָלְיָּיא וְשָׁלוֹם אִתְחַבָּר בְּהוּ. אֲתִיבַת אִיהִי וְאַמְרַת אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְשָׁדַי כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְאִתְחַבַּר עִמִי אָ"ז וְשָׁלוֹ"ם. א' רָזָא דְעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא דְכֹלָא, ז' שֶׁבַע דַרְגִּין וְשָׁלוֹ"ם דְאִקְּרֵי צַדִּי"ק כֵּיוָן דְּהָנֵי דַרְגִּין מִתְחַבְּרָן כְּדֵין אָ"ז הֲיִיתִּי בְּעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצֵאת שָׁלוֹם. וּמָאן עַיְינִין. אִינוּן ז' דַרְגִּין דְּאִקְרוּן עֵינֵי יְיָ, פְּנֵי יְיָ, וּכְדֵין שְׁלָמָא לְעַלְמָא וְשַׁרְיָיא טִיבוּ דְעַתִּיקָא בַּאֲתַר דְּדַכָר וְנוּקְבָא וּבְגִין כָּךְ פַּקָּד מֹשֶׁה בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וְאָמַר (דברים ו׳:ד׳) שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ אֱלהֵינוּ יְיָ אֶחָד. לְקַשְׁרָא כּוּלְהוּ קִשְׁרִין דִמְהֵימְנוּתָא.

Observe: this verse is said of the Community of Israel. When she is in exile with her children among the nations of the world she is called small. This is what is written, (Ibid.) “We have a little sister.” And once Israel are led by the Torah and walk in the way of truth, then she is filled and peace is joined with them. She answered and said: “I am a wall, and my breasts like towers.” At that time, when AZ and SHALOM are joined with me — the Aleph is the mystery of the Ancient Holy One of all, the Zain is the seven grades, and SHALOM, which is called the Righteous One — once these grades are joined, then “AZ was I in his eyes as one who found peace.” And what are the eyes? They are the seven grades that are called the eyes of the Lord, the face of the Lord. And then there is peace in the world, and the goodness of the Ancient One rests in a place of male and female. And therefore Moses commanded in the Torah and said, (Deut. 6, 4) “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One” — to bind all the bonds of faith.