זוהר, תוספות כרך א ל׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume I 30

Segment 1א׳

ספר הבהיר אָמַר רִבִּי בְּרָכְיָה מַאי דִּכְתִיב וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ, מַאי מַשְׁמַע הָיְתָה, שֶׁכְּבָר הָיְתָה. וּמָאי תֹהוּ, דָבָר הַמָתְּהֵא אֶת בְּנֵי אָדָם. וּמָאי בֹּהוֹ, דָבָר שֶׁיְּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ, דִכְתִיב בֹּהוֹ, בּוֹ הוּא. עַל שֵׁם מָאי דִּכְתִיב (קהלת ז׳:י״ד) גַּם אֶת זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים. בָּרָא בֹּהוֹ וְשָׂם מְקוֹמוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם. בָּרָא תֹהוּ וְשָׂם מְקוֹמוֹ בְּרָע. בֹּהוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם דִכְתִיב (איוב כ״ה:ב׳) עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו. מְלַמֵּד שְׁמִכָאֵל שַׂר יְמִינוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, מָיִם וּבָרָד. וְגָבְרִיאֵל שַׂר שְׂמֹאלוֹ, אֵשׁ. וְשָׂר שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם מַכְרִיעֲ וְהַיְינוּ דִכְתִיב עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו.

Rabbi Berachiah said: It is written (Genesis 1:2), "The earth was Chaos (Tohu) and Desolation (Bohu). What is the meaning of the word "was" in this verse? This indicates that the Chaos existed previously [and already was] . What is Chaos (Tohu)? Something that confounds (Taha) people. What is Desolation (Bohu)? It is something that has substance. This is the reason that it is called Bohu, that is, Bo Hu — "it is in it." Why is it written (Eccl. 7:14) "God has made one corresponding to the other". He created Bohu and set its place in peace. He created Tohu and set its place in evil. Bohu in peace, as it is written (Job 25:2) "He makes peace in His heights". We learn that Michael, the Prince of the Right Side of Hashem, water and hail. And Gabriel, the Prince of His Left, Fire. The Prince of Peace is between them, deciding. That is why it is written "He makes peace in His heights".

Segment 2ב׳

וּמְנַלָן דְּבֹּהוֹ שָׁלוֹם, דִכְתִיב (ישעיהו מ״ה:ז׳) עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע, הָא כֵּיצָד רָע מִתֹּהוּ וְשָׁלוֹם מִבֹּהוֹ, בָּרָא תֹּהוּ וְשָׂם מְקוֹמוֹ בַּרָע, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע. בָּרָא בֹּהוֹ וְשָׂם מְקוֹמוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו. ע"כ:

And from where do we know that Bohu is peace, as it is written (Isaiah 45:7) "Who makes peace and creates evil". This is how we get evil from Tohu and peace from Bohu. He created Tohu and set its place in evil, as it is written ibid. He created Bohu and set its place in peace as it is says, "He makes peace in His heights". (Until here is from the omissions).

Segment 3ג׳

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ יְיָ אֱלהִים, מִיָד (למשיחא) מְשִׁיחָא דְּהוּא בְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן בְּמָה דְּאִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ מִגַּן עֶדֶן מֵעִדּוּן דִילֵיהּ. וְאַמָּאי לַעֲבוֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה דְאִיהִי שְׁכִינְתָּא בְּגִין דָּא וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ מִיָד, דְּיִפּוּק מִתַּמָּן. וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן עֶדֶן אֶת הַכְּרוּבִים דְּאִינוּן מָשִׁיחַ בֵּן דָוִד וּמָשִׁיחַ בֵּן יוֹסֵף דְּמָשְׁכָא רוּחָא דִמְשִׁיחָא דְּאִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ, וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים דָא שִׁילֹ"ה הַהוּא דְּאִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ וְאַצָלְתִּי מִן הָרוּחַ, דְהַכִי סָלִיק שִׁילֹה מֹשֶׁה בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא. וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם, דְאַקְדִּים שִׁילה לִתְרָוָויְהוּ בְּגִין דִּיְהֵא מְרַחֶפֶת עַל אַנְפּוֹי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וּפוּרְקָנָא בֵּיהּ תַלְיָּיא וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ.

“And the Lord God sent him forth”: at once (a variant reads: for the Messiah) the Messiah, who is in the Garden of Eden, in what is said of him, “And He sent him forth from the garden of Eden” — from his own delight (idun). And why? “To till the ground”, which is the Shekinah; therefore, “And He sent him forth” at once, that he might go out from there. “And He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim”, who are the Messiah son of David and the Messiah son of Joseph, who draws the spirit of the Messiah of whom it is said, “And the spirit of God”: this is Shiloh, he of whom it is said, “And I will take of the spirit”; for so Shiloh comes to the reckoning of Moses. “And He placed at the east (mi-kedem)” — for Shiloh went before (akdim) them both, so that it might hover over the face of the Torah; and redemption depends upon him; and this has been explained.