זוהר, תוספות כרך א ל״חZohar, Addenda, Volume I 38

Section 38 of 52 in Addenda, Volume I — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

שֶׁבַע צוּרוֹת קְדוֹשׁוֹת יֶשׁ לוֹ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְכוּלָן כְּנֶגֶדָן בַּאָדָם, שְׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּצֶלֶם אֱלהִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אוֹתָם. וְאֵלּוּ הֵן שׁוֹק יָמִין וּשְׁמֹאל. יָד יְמִין וּשְׁמֹאל גּוּף וּבְרִית הֲרֵי שֵׁשׁ. וְהָא אֲמַרְתָּ שִׁבְעָה. שֶׁבַע הֲוֵי בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד.

The Holy One, blessed be He, has seven holy forms, and all of them have their counterpart in man, as it is said, “in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” And these are they: the right thigh and the left; the right hand and the left; the body and the covenant — behold, six. But you said seven! The seventh is in his wife, “and they shall be one flesh.”

Segment 2ב׳

מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה, לְמֶלֶךְ שְׁעָלָה בְּלִבּוֹ לִיטָע בְּגָנוֹ תִשְׁעָה אִילָנִין זְכָרִים וְהָיוּ כֻּלָּם דְקַלִים, אָמַר כְּשְׁיִהְיוּ כֻּלָּם מִין אֶחָד, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהִתְקַיֵּים. מָה עָשָׂה, נָטַע אֶתְרוֹג בְּינֵיהֶם וְהוּא אֶחָד מֵאוֹתָן הַתִשְׁעָה שְׁעָלָה בְּלִבּוֹ לִהְיוֹת זְכָרִים וְאֶתְרוֹג מָאי הֲוֵי, נְקֵבָה וְהַיְינוּ דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כ״ג:מ׳) פֶּרִי עֵץ הֲדַר כָּפֹּת תְּמָרִים (ע"כ).

A parable: to what is the matter like? To a king who purposed in his heart to plant in his garden nine male trees, and they were all palms. He said: When they are all of one kind, it is not possible for them to endure. What did he do? He planted a citron among them; and it is one of those nine that he purposed should be male. And the citron — what is it? Female. And this is what is written, (Lev. 23, 40) “the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees.” (Thus far.)

Segment 3ג׳

זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בְּרָאָם. אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר כֵּן וְהָא כְּתִיב וַיִּבְרָא אֱלהִים אֶת הַאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלהִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ וְגוֹ' וְאַחַר כָּךְ אֱעֶשֶׂה לוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדוֹ. וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעוֹתָיו וַיִסְגֹר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֵּנָה. אֶלָּא אֵימָא, דִּכְתִיב יְצִירָה וּכְתִיב בָּהֵן עֲשִׂיָּה וּכְתִיב בָּהֵן בְּרִיאָה. עֲשִׂיָּה דִּכְתִיב זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אוֹתָם, בְּעֵת הִרְכִּיב הַנְּשָׁמָה עַל הַגּוּף וְאַסָף הַכֹּל. וּמְנַלָן דְּהָאי יְצִירָה לִישְׁנָא דְּאַסוֹפֵי הוּא דִּכְתִיב, וַיּיִצֶר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים כָּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְכָל עוֹף הַשָׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל הַאָדָם, וְהַיְינוּ דִּכְתִיב עַל הַאָדָם זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בְּרָאָם וַיְבָרֶךְ אוֹתָם (ע"כ).

“Male and female created He them.” Is it possible to say so? Is it not written, “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him,” and so forth; and afterwards, “I will make him a help meet for him”; “And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place”? Rather say: formation is written, and making is written of them, and creation is written of them. Making — as it is written, “male and female created He them” — at the time when He set the soul upon the body and gathered all together. And how do we know that this forming is a term of gathering? As it is written, “And the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air, and brought them to the man.” And this is what is written of the man: “male and female created He them, and blessed them.” (Thus far.)

Segment 4ד׳

בְּצֶלֶם אֱלהִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ בְּכָל אֵבָרָיו וְכָל חֲלָקַיו, וְהָא אֲמְרִינָן וא"ו וּלְמָה הוּא דּוֹמֶה לְעוֹטֶה אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה וְהַאי וא"ו אֵינָה אֶלָּא שֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת. אָמַר לֵיהּ, בְּרִית מִילָה וְזִווּגוֹ שֶׁל הַאָדָם חַשְׁבֵינַן אֶחָד. שְׁתֵּי יָדָיו ג'. רֹאשׁוֹ וְגוּפוֹ ה'. שְׁתֵּי שׁוֹקָיו ו'. וּכְּנְגְדָם כְּמוֹתָם בַּשָׁמַיִם דִכְתִיב (קהלת ז׳:י״ד) גַּם אֶת זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים. וְהַיְינוּ יַמִּים (שמות ל״א:י״ז) כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת יַמִּים עָשָׂה יְיָ אֶת הַשָׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא אָמַר בְּשֵׁשֶׁת יַמִּים מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל יוֹם וָיוֹם יֵשׁ לוֹ כֹּחוֹ (ע"כ):

“In the image of God created He him” — in all his limbs and in all his parts. And we have said: vav. And to what is it like? To “who covers Himself with light as with a garment.” And this vav is nothing but the six extremities. He said to him: The covenant of circumcision and the mating of the man we reckon as one; his two hands, three; his head and his body, five; his two thighs, six. And corresponding to them, their like in heaven, as it is written, (Eccl. 7, 14) “God has made the one corresponding to the other.” And these are days: (Ex. 31, 17) “For six days the Lord made heaven and earth” — and He did not say “in six days.” This teaches that every single day has its own power. (Thus far.)

Segment 5ה׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וְגוֹ'. פִקּוּדָא דָא לְאִתְעַסְקָא בְּהַאי עָלְמָא בְּפִרְיָה וְרִבְיָה וּלְמֶעֱבָּד תּוֹלָדִין לְאִתְפַּשְּׁטָא שֶׁמָּא קַדִּישָׁא לְכָל סִטְרִין וּלְמִלְקַּט רוּחִין וְנִשְׁמָתִין לְמֶהֱוֵי יְקָרָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עֵילָא וְתַתָּא. דְּכָל מָאן דְּלָא אִתְעַסַּק בְּפִרְיָה וְרִבְיָה אֲזְעִיר דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּמָרֵיהּ דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּהַאי עָלְמָא. וְגָרִים דְּלָא שַׁרְיָיא שְׁכִינְתָּא בְּהַאי עָלְמָא דְּכְּמָה דְאִתוֹסְפָן רוּחִין וְנִשְׁמָתִין, הֲכִי אִתּוֹסַף לְנַחֲתָא (נ"א דוגמתא) בְּהַאי עָלְמָא זִיו יְקָרָא דְמַלְכָּא דִּכְתִיב (משלי י״ד:כ״ח) בְּרֹב עַם הֲדְרָת מֶלֶךְ וּבְּאֶפֶס לְאֹם מַחְתָּת רָזוֹן.

“And God said: Be fruitful and multiply,” and so forth. This precept is to occupy oneself in this world with fruitfulness and increase, and to make offspring, to spread the Holy Name to every side, and to gather spirits and souls, so that the glory of the Holy One, blessed be He, may be above and below. For whoever does not occupy himself with fruitfulness and increase diminishes the likeness of his Master, so that it is not found in this world; and he causes the Shekinah not to rest in this world. For as spirits and souls are added, so is there added, coming down (a variant reads: as a likeness) into this world, the radiance of the glory of the King, as it is written, (Prov. 14, 28) “In the multitude of people is the king’s honour, but in the want of people is the ruin of the prince.”

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