זוהר, תוספות כרך א ל״זZohar, Addenda, Volume I 37

Section 37 of 52 in Addenda, Volume I — 15 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר, וְאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן שְׁנֵי אוֹרִים הַגְּדוֹלִים הָיוּ, דִּכְתִיב וַיְהִי אוֹר. וְעָלָיו נֶּאֱמַר כִּי טוֹב. וְלָקַח הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הָאֶחָד וּגְנָזוֹ לַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא דִּכְתִיב מָה רַב טוּבְךָ אֲשֶׁר צָפַנְתָּ לִירֵאֶיךָ פָּעַלְתָּ לַחוֹסִים בָּךְ נֶגֶד בְּנֵי אָדָם.

“And God said: Let there be light.” And R. Johanan said: There were two great lights, as it is written, “and there was light”; and of it was it said, “that it was good.” And the Holy One, blessed be He, took the one and stored it away for the righteous in the future to come, as it is written, “Oh how abundant is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You; which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, in the sight of the sons of men.”

Segment 2ב׳

מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאוֹר הָרִאשׁוֹן אֵין כָּל בִּרְיָה יְכוֹלָה לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בּוֹ דִּכְתִיב וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב וַיַּרְא אֱלהִים אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וְהִנֵּה טוֹב מְאֹד. רָאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, רָאָה טוֹב מְאֹד, מָזְהִיר וּבָּהִיר. וְלָקַח מֵאוֹרוֹ הַטּוֹב וְכָלַל שְׁלשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת הַחָכְמָה וּנְתָנוֹ לְעוֹלָם הַזֶּה.

This teaches that no creature can look upon the first light, as it is written, “And God saw the light, that it was good”; “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” The Holy One, blessed be He, saw all that He had made; He saw “very good” — shining and bright. And He took of His good light, and comprised in it the thirty-two paths of wisdom, and gave it to this world.

Segment 3ג׳

וְהַיְינוּ דִּכְתִיב (משלי ד׳:ב׳) כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּוֹרָתִּי אַל תַּעֲזוֹבוּ. הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר אוֹצָרָה שֶׁל תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה. וְאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, אִם יִשְׁמֶרוּ זֹאת הַמִּדָּה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה שֶׁזֹאת הַמִּדָּה נֶחְשֶׁבֶת בִּכְלַל הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְהִיא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה. יִזְכּוּ לְחַיֵּי הַעוֹלָם הַבָּא שֶׁהוּא הַטּוֹב הַגָּנוּז. וּמָאי נִיהוּ עוּזוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא,

And this is what is written, (Prov. 4, 2) “For I have given you good doctrine; do not forsake My Torah.” You must say: this is the treasury of the Oral Law. And the Holy One, blessed be He, said: If they keep this attribute in this world — for this attribute is reckoned within the compass of this world, and it is the Oral Law — they will merit the life of the world to come, which is the hidden good. And what is it? It is the might of the Holy One, blessed be He…

Segment 4ד׳

דִּכְתִיב (חבקוק ג׳:ד׳) וְנֹגַהּ כָּאוֹר תִּהְיֶה. עָתִיד הַנֹּגַהּ שְׁנִלְקַח מֵהָאוֹר הָרִאשׁוֹן לִהְיוֹת כָּאוֹר, אִם יֵקַיְימוּ בָּנַי הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כַּתָּבְתִּי לְהוֹרוֹתָּם. וּכְתִיב (משלי א׳:ח׳) שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל תִיטוֹשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ.

As it is written, (Hab. 3, 4) “And a brightness appears as the light.” The brightness that was taken from the first light is destined to be as the light, if My children fulfil “the law and the commandment which I have written to teach them.” And it is written, (Prov. 1, 8) “Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.”

Segment 5ה׳

וּכְתִיב (חבקוק ג׳:ד׳) קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ וְשָׁם חֶבְיוֹן עֻזֹּהּ, וּמָאי חֶבְיוֹן עֻזּוֹ. אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ הָאוֹר שֶׁגָנַז וְהֵחְבִּיא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים ל"ד) צָפַנְתָּ לִירֵאֶיךָ, וְזֶה שֶׁנִשְׁאַר לָנוּ. (תהלים ל"ד) פָּעַלְתָּ לַחוֹסִים בָּךְ, אוֹתָם שֶׁחוֹסִים בְּצִלְּךָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְשׁוֹמְרִים תּוֹרָתֶּךָ וּמְקַיְימִים מִצְוֹתֶּיךָ וּמְקַדְּשִׁים שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וּמְיָּיחַדִּים בַּסֵּתֶר וּבַגָּלוּי, שְׁנֶּאֱמַר, נֶגֶד בְּנֵי אָדָם.

And it is written, (Hab. 3, 4) “Rays come forth from His hand for Him, and there is the hiding of His power.” And what is “the hiding of His power”? It is that light which He stored away and hid, as it is said, (Ps. 34) “You have laid up for those who fear You” — and this is what has been left to us. (Ps. 34) “You have wrought for those who take refuge in You” — those who take refuge in Your shadow in this world, and keep Your Torah, and fulfil Your commandments, and sanctify Your great Name, and declare the Oneness in secret and openly, as it is said, “in the sight of the sons of men.”

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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