זוהר, תוספות כרך א נ״גZohar, Addenda, Volume I 53

Section 53 of 52 in Addenda, Volume I — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

מַאי פֶּרִי עֵץ הֲדַר אִילָנָא דְּאֶתְרוֹגָּא וּמָאי הֲדַר הַיְינוּ הֲדַר עַל הַכֹּל וְהַיְינוּ הֲדַר דְּשִׁיר הַשִׁירִים דִּכְתִיב בֵּיה (שיר השירים ו׳:י׳) מִי זֹאת הַנִשְׁקַפָה כְּמוֹ שָׁחַר. וְהַיְינוּ עַל שֵׁם נְקֵבָה וְעַל שְׁמָהּ נִלְקְחָה נְקֵבָה מֵאָדָם שְׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהִתְקַיֵּים עוֹלָם הֲתַחְתוֹן בְּלָא נְקֵבָה. וּמָאי טַעְמָא אִקְרֵי נְקֵבָה עַל שֵׁם שֶׁנְקַבֵיהָ רְחֲבִים וְיֵשׁ לָהּ נִקַבִים יֵתְרִים עַל הָאִישׁ. וּמָאי נִינְהוּ נְקַבִים שָׁדַיִם וֻרְחֶם וּבֵית קִיבּוּל הַוְלָד.

What is “the fruit of goodly trees” (peri etz hadar)? The tree of the citron. And what is hadar? It is that which is goodly above all; and this is the hadar of the Song of Songs, of which it is written, (S. S. 6, 10) “Who is she that looks forth as the dawn?” And this is on account of the female; and after her name the female was taken from man, for the lower world cannot endure without a female. And what is the reason she is called nekevah (female)? Because her nekavim (orifices) are wide, and she has more orifices than the man. And what are they? The orifices are the breasts and the womb and the vessel that receives the child.

Segment 2ב׳

וּמָאי נִיהוּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ שִׁיר הַשִׁירִים שֶׁהוּא הֲדַר לְכָל סִפְרֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אִין דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כָּל הַסְפָרִים קֹדֶשׁ וְשִׁיר הַשִׁירִים קֹדֶשׁ קֳדָשִׁים, וּמָאי נִיהוּ קֹדֶשׁ קֳדָשִׁים. אֶלָּא קֹדֶשׁ, שֶׁהוּא קֹדֶשׁ לְקֳדָשִׁים. וּמָאי הֵם קֳדָשִׁים אֵלּוּ שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד שֵׁשׁ קְצָווֹת שֶׁבַּאָדָם וְקֹדֶשׁ הֲוֵי לְהוּ קֹדֶשׁ לְכֻלְּהוּ.

And what is it that they said, that the Song of Songs is goodly above all the holy books? Yes: for R. Johanan said, all the books are holy and the Song of Songs is the holy of holies. And what is “the holy of holies”? Rather, holy, which is holy to the holies. And what are those holies? Those that correspond to the six sides in man; and “holy” is theirs, a holy for them all.

Segment 3ג׳

וּמָאי נִיהוּ קֹדֶשׁ זֶה, אֶתְרוֹג שֶׁהוּא הֲדַר הַכֹּל. וְלָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ הֲדַר אַל תִקְרֵי הֲדַר אֶלָּא ה' דָר זֶה אֶתְרוֹג שֶׁהוּא נִפְרָד מֵאֶגֶד הַלוּלָב וְאֵין מִצְוַת לוּלָב קַיְימֶת אֶלָּא בּוֹ, וְהוּא גַּם כֵּן אֲגּוּד עִם הַכֹּל. שְׁעִם כָּל אֶחָד הוּא וְעִם כּוּלָן יַחַד הוּא.

And what is this “holy”? The citron, which is the hadar of all. And why is its name called hadar? Do not read hadar but he dar (the letter He dwells). This is the citron, which is separated from the binding of the lulav, and the commandment of the lulav is not fulfilled except by it; and it too is bound with them all, for it is with each one and it is with all of them together.

Segment 4ד׳

וּמָאי לוּלָב כְּנֶגֶד חוּט הַשִּׂדְרָה. וְעַנָף עֵץ עֲבוֹת שְׁעֲנָפָיו חוֹפִין אֶת רוּבּוֹ וְאִם אֵין עֲנָפָיו חוֹפִין אֶת רוּבּוֹ אֵינוֹ כְּלוּם. מִפְּנֵי מָה, מָשָׁל לְאָדָם שְׁבִּזְרוֹעוֹתָיו יָגֵן עַל רֹאשׁוֹ הֲרֵי זְרוֹעוֹתָיו שְׁנַיִם וְרֹאשׁוֹ שְׁלשָׁה וְהַיְינוּ עֲנָף לִשְׂמֹאל עֲבוֹת לְיָמִין וְנִמְצָא עֵץ בְּאֶמְצַע. וְלָמָּה נֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ עֵץ שֶׁהוּא שֹׁרֶשׁ הֲאִילָן.

And what is the lulav? Corresponding to the spinal cord. “And boughs of thick trees”: whose boughs cover the greater part of it; and if its boughs do not cover the greater part of it, it is nothing. Why? A parable of a man who shields his head with his arms: his arms are two and his head is the third. And this is “bough” to the left, “thick” to the right, and the “tree” found in the middle. And why is “tree” said of it? Because it is the root of the tree.

Segment 5ה׳

וּמָאי עַרְבֵי נַחַל שׁוֹקֵי הַאָדָם שֶׁהֵם שְׁתַּיִם. וּמָאי נִינְהוּ לִישָׁנָא דְּעֲרְבֵי נַחַל, מִשׁוּם דְּגָדוֹל שֶׁבָּהֶם הֲוֵי לְמַעֲרָב וּמִשָׁם יוֹנֵק כֹּחוֹ. וְשֶׁל צָפוֹן הוּא קָטָן מִמֶּנּוּ מַהֲלַךְ חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וְהוּא בְּרוּחַ צְפוֹנִית מָעֲרָבִית וּבוֹ פּוֹעֵל וְנִקְרָא עַל שְׁמוֹ וְהֵם שְׁנֵיהֶם עֵצִים.

And what are “willows of the brook”? The thighs of man, which are two. And what is the expression “willows (arvei) of the brook”? Because the greater of them belongs to the west (ma'arav), and from there it draws its power. And the one of the north is smaller than it by a journey of five hundred years, and it is in the north-west quarter, and in it it works, and it is called by its name; and both of them are trees.

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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