זוהר, תוספות כרך א מ״וZohar, Addenda, Volume I 46

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר רַבִּי רְחוּמָאי כָּבוֹד וְלֵב הֲרֵי הֵן אֶחָד אֶלָּא שְׁכָּבוֹד נִקְרָא עַל שֵׁם מַעְלָה וְלֵב אִתְקְרֵי עַל שֵׁם פְּעוּלַת מַטָּה. וְהַיְינוּ כְּבוֹד הַשֵׁם וְהַיְינוּ לֵב הַשָׁמַיִם. מָאי נִיהוּ (ישעיהו ו׳:ג׳) מְלֹא כָּל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ אֶלָּא כָּל אוֹתָהּ אֶרֶץ שְׁנִבְרֵאת בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהוּא לְמָעְלָה כְּנֶגֶד אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל מְלֵאָה מִכְּבוֹד הַשֵׁם וּמָאי נִינְהוּ חֲכָמִים דִּכְתִיב (משלי ג׳:ל״ה) כָּבוֹד חֲכָמִים יִנְחָלוּ וּכְתִיב (יחזקאל ג׳:י״ב) בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד יְיָ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ.

R. Rehumai said: Glory and heart — behold, they are one; save that glory is so called after that which is above, and heart is so called after the working below. And this is the glory of the Name, and this is the heart of heaven. What is (Isa. 6, 3) “the whole earth is full of His glory”? Rather: all that earth which was created on the first day, which is above, corresponding to the land of Israel, is full of the glory of the Name. And what are they? The wise, as it is written, (Prov. 3, 35) “The wise shall inherit glory”; and it is written, (Ezek. 3, 12) “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place.”

Segment 2ב׳

וּמָאי הֲוֵי כָּבוֹד זֶה. מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ מַטְרוֹנִיתָא בְּחַדְרוֹ שֶׁכָּל חַיָּילָיו מִשְׁתַעֲשְׁעִין בָּהּ וְהָיוּ לָהּ בָּנִים וּבָאִים כָּל הַיּוֹם לִרְאוֹת פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּמְבָרְכִין אוֹתוֹ אֲמְרוּ לוֹ אָנָה אִמֵנוּ אָמַר לָהֶם לא תּוּכְלוּ לִרְאוֹתָהּ עַתָּה. אֲמְרוּ בְּרוּכָה תְּהֵא בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהִיא.

And what is this glory? A parable: to what may the matter be compared? To a king who had the Matrona in his chamber, in whom all his hosts took delight. And she had sons, and they would come all day to see the face of the king and to bless him. They said to him: Where is our mother? He said to them: You cannot see her now. They said: Blessed be she in every place where she is.

Segment 3ג׳

וּמָאי דִּכְתִיב מִמְּקוֹמוֹ מִכְּלַל דְּלִיכָּא דְּיָדַע אֶת מְקוֹמוֹ מָשָׁל לְמַטְרוֹנִיתָא שְׁבָּאָה מִמָקוֹם רָחוֹק וְלֹא יָדְעוּ מֵאַיִן בָּאָה עַד שְׁרָאוּ שֶׁהִיא אֵשֶׁת חַיִל נָאָה וְהַגּוּנָה בְּכָל מַעֲשֶׂיהָ, אֲמְרוּ זֹאת וַדָּאי מִן הָאוֹר נִלְקְחָה כַּךְ בְּמַעֲשֶׂיהָ הֵאִירָה אֶת הָעוֹלָם. שָׁאֲלוּ אוֹתָהּ מֵאַיִן אַתְּ אָמְרָה לָהֶם מִמְקוֹמִי אֲמְרוּ אִם כֵּן גְּדוֹלִים אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמֶךְ בְּרוּכָה תִּהְיִּי וּמְבוֹרָךְ מְקוֹמֶךְ.

And what is it that is written, “from His place”? From this it follows that there is none who knows His place. A parable of the Matrona who came from a far place, and they did not know from where she came, until they saw that she was a woman of valour, comely and seemly in all her deeds. They said: This one was surely taken from the light, and so by her deeds she lit up the world. They asked her: From where are you? She said to them: From my place. They said: If so, great are the men of your place. Blessed may you be, and blessed be your place.