זוהר, תוספות כרך א כ״הZohar, Addenda, Volume I 25

Section 25 of 52 in Addenda, Volume I — 111 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת כָּל עֵשֶׂב זוֹרֵעַ זֶרַע לְקֳבֵל דַּרְגָא דְבִּינָ"ה דְּאִקְרֵי אֱלֹהִים דְּכֵיוָן דְּאִימָא עִלָּאָה חָמָאת לוֹן שְׁלֵמִין יָהִיב לוֹן תָּפְנוּקִין מִלְּעֵילָא לְאִתְקַיְימָא בְּעַלְמָא.

“And God said: Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed” — corresponding to the grade of binah, which is called Elohim; for since the supernal Mother saw them whole, she gave them luxuries from above, so that they might endure in the world.

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, אָדָם קַדְמָאָה קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהַב לֵיהּ כָּל עֵשֶׂב זוֹרֵעַ זֶרַע וְלָא יָהַב לֵיהּ רֵשׁוּ לְמֵיכָל בְּעִירֵי וְעוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָא, בְּגִין דְגַלֵּי קַמֵּיהּ דְהוּא זַמִּין לְאִתְפַּתָאַה בְּהַהוּא נָחָשׁ דְּאִיהוּ עֲרוּם מִכָּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֲרְחֵקִינֶיהּ מִנֵּיהּ וְלָא יְהֵא לֵיהּ עֵסֶק בֵּיהּ וְלָא בִּבְעִירֵי וְלָא בְּעוֹפֵי בְּגִין דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָרִים לֵיהּ לְבַּר נָשׁ מִכְשׁוֹל מִקָמֵיהּ, מְאִים יִתְקַיַּים בְּעַלְמָא.

Observe: to the primordial Adam the Holy One, blessed be He, gave every herb yielding seed, but He did not give him permission to eat beasts and the birds of the heaven; for it was revealed before Him that he was destined to be seduced by that serpent, which was more subtle than every beast of the field. The Holy One, blessed be He, said: I will remove it from him, and he shall have no dealings with it, nor with beasts, nor with birds — for the Holy One, blessed be He, lifted the stumbling-block away from before man, so that he might endure in the world.

Segment 3ג׳

אֲבָל כַּד אֲתָא נֹחַ דְּאִקְרֵי צַדִּיק מָה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ (בראשית ח׳:כ׳) וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַיְיָ וְהָא אוּקִימְנָא הַהוּא מִזְבֵּחַ דְאַקְרִיב בֵּיהּ אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן. ומַאי טַעְמָא וַיִּבֶן בְּגִין דְחַיָיבֵי עַלְמָא עַבְדֵי בָּהּ פְּגִימוּ. אֲתָא נֹחַ וְקָרִיב הַהוּא מִזְבֵּחַ בְּבַעְלָהּ הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב וַיָּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִזְבֵּחַ חָסֵר,

But when Noah came, who is called righteous, what is written of him? (Gen. 8, 20) “And Noah built an altar to the Lord.” And we have explained: that altar upon which the first man had offered. And what is the reason for “built”? Because the sinners of the world had made a blemish in her. Noah came and brought that altar near to her husband. This is what is written, “And he offered burnt-offerings on the altar” — written defective…

Segment 4ד׳

כַּד חָמָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דְאִתְקְרִיב הַהוּא מִזְבֵּחַ וְקָרִיב הַנְהוּ בְּעִירֵי דַכְיֵי יָהַב לֵיהּ רֵשׁוּ לְמֵיכָל כֻּלְּהוּ בְּעִירֵי. מַאי טַעְמָא, בְּגִין דְאַתְקִיף בְּהַהוּא בְּרִית עֵץ הַחַיִּים, וְקָרִיב לֵיהּ בְּעֵץ הַדַּעַת וְעָבַד יִחוּדָא בְּקַדְמִיתָא אֶלָּא דִּלְבָתַר אִתְפָּתָא דְּבָעָא לְמִבְדַּק בְּהַהוּא חוֹבָה וְלָא לְאִתְדַבַּק בֵּיהּ וַאֲפִילּוּ הֲכִי לָא אִשְׁתֵּזִיב מִנֵּיהּ וְנָצִיב הַהוּא כַּרְמָא.

When the Holy One, blessed be He, saw that that altar had been brought near, and that he had offered those clean beasts, He gave him permission to eat all beasts. What is the reason? Because he held fast to that covenant, the tree of life, and brought it near to the tree of knowledge, and made a union at the first — save that afterwards he was seduced, for he wished to make trial of that sin and not to cleave to it; and even so he was not delivered from it, and he planted that vineyard.

Segment 5ה׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, אָדָם דְּזַמִּין לְאִתְפַּתָאַה בְּאִילָנֵי לָא יָהַב לֵיהּ אִילָנֵי וְאַרְחֶקִינְהוּ מִנֵּיהּ דְּהָא לָא אִדְכָּר לוֹן אֶלָּא דְּאִיהוּ עָבַד גַּרְמֵיהּ חוֹל וְנָצִיב הַהוּא כַּרְמָא דְּאִקְרֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל. בְּקַדְמִיתָא אִשְׁתְּלִים בֵּיהּ וְחַפְיָא עָלֵיהּ (ואשתזיב) אִשְׁתֵּזִיב בָּהּ. וּמַאן אִיהִי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דָא תֵּיבָה דְּאִקְרֵי אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית.

Observe: Adam, who was destined to be seduced by trees, was not given trees, and He removed them from him; for they are not mentioned at all — save that he made himself profane and planted that vineyard which is called the house of Israel. At the first he was completed in it, and it spread over him and he was delivered by it. And what is the house of Israel? This is the ark, which is called the Ark of the Covenant.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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