זוהר, תוספות כרך ב ג׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume II 3

Section 3 of 10 in Addenda, Volume II — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

מספר הבהיר יָשָׁב רַבִּי בְּרֶכְיָה וְדַּרָשׁ מַאי דִּכְתִיב (שמות כ״ה:ב׳) וְיִקְחוּ לִּי תְּרוּמָה. כָּךְ אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, אוֹתָהּ תְּרוּמָה תָּרִימוּ אוֹתָהּ בִּתְפִלוֹתֵיכֶם, וּמִי הוּא אוֹתוֹ שֶׁנְדָבוֹ לִבּוֹ לְהִמָשֶׁךְ מִן הַעוֹלָם הַזֶּה כַּבְּדוּהוּ, כִּי בּוֹ אֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ שֶׁיוֹדִיעַ שְׁמִי, וּמִמֶּנוּ רָאוּי לָקַחַת אֵת תְּרוּמָתִי. שְׁנְּאֱמַר (שמות כ״ה:ב׳) מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְבֵנוּ לִבּוֹ תִקְחוּ אֵת תְּרוּמָתִי, מֵאוֹתוֹ הַמִתְנָדֵב.

From the Book Bahir. R. Berechiah sat and expounded: What is it that is written, “And let them take for Me an offering” (Ex. 25, 2)? Thus said the Holy One, blessed be He: That offering — you shall lift it up in your prayers. And who is he whose heart has moved him to be drawn away from this world? Honour him, for in him I rejoice, because he makes My name known; and from him it is fitting to take My offering, as it is said, “Of every man whose heart makes him willing you shall take My offering” (Ex. 25, 2) — from that one who gives willingly.

Segment 2ב׳

דְּאָמַר רִבִּי רְחִימָאי צַדִּיקִים וַחֲסִידִים שבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמְרִימִין אוֹתִי (אותו) עַל כָּל הַעוֹלָם בִּזְכוּיוֹתֵיהֶן וּמֵהֶם מִתְפָּרְנֵס הַלֵּ"ב, וְהַלֵּב מְפָרְנֶסָן. וְכָל הַצוּרוֹת הַקְדּוֹשׁוֹת הַמֵמוּנוֹת עַל הָאוּמוֹת. וְיִשְׂרָאֵל קְדוֹשִׁים נָטְלוּ מִגוּף הֲאִילָן וּמִלִבּוֹ. מָה לֵב הֲדַר, פְּרִי הַגּוּף. אַף יִשְׂרָאֵל נָטְלוּ עֵץ הֲדַר.

For R. Rehumai said: The righteous and the pious of Israel are those who lift Me up (a variant reads: him) above all the world by their merits; and from them the Lev is sustained, and the heart sustains them, and all the holy forms that are appointed over the nations. And the holy ones of Israel took from the body of the tree and from its heart. As the heart is goodly, the fruit of the body, so too Israel took the goodly tree.

Segment 3ג׳

מָה אִילָן תָּמָר, עֲנָפָיו סְבִיבָיו וְלוּלָבוֹ בְּאֶמְצַע. אַף יִשְׂרָאֵל נָטְלוּ גוּף הֲאִילָן הַזֶּה שֶׁהוּא לִבּוֹ. וּכְּנֶגֶד הַגּוּף הוּא חוּט הַשִׁדְרָה בָּאָדָם שֶׁהוּא עִיקָר הַגּוּף לָמָה (ומה) לוּלָב זֶה, כְּתִיב לוֹ לֵּב אַף הַלֵּב מְסוֹר ל"וֹ. וּמָה לֵ"ב זֶה שְׁלשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת חָכְמָה בּוֹ, אַף בְּכָל נָתִיב מֵהֶם צוּרָה שׁוֹמֶרֶת. שְׁנְּאֱמַר (בראשית ג׳:כ״ד) לִשְׁמוֹר אֵת דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַחַיִּים.

As with the palm tree: its branches are round about it and its lulav is in the middle. So too Israel took the body of this tree, which is its heart. And corresponding to the body is the spinal cord in a man, which is the mainstay of the body. Why (a variant reads: and what is) this lulav? It is written lo lev — to him, a heart; and the heart too is handed over to lo. And what is this Lev? Thirty-two paths of wisdom are in it, and in every one of those paths is a form that keeps watch, as it is said, “to keep the way of the tree of life” (Gen. 3, 24).

Segment 4ד׳

וּמַאי (בראשית ג׳:כ״ד) וַיַּשְׁכְּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַּן עֵדֶן, וַיִּשְׁכֹּן בְּאוֹתָן נְתִיבוֹת שֶׁקַדְמוּ לְאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם שֶׁנִקְרָא גַּן וְשֶׁקַדָם לַכְּרוּבִים. דִּכְתִיב (בראשית ג') וְאֶת הַכְּרוּבִין, וְשֶׁקַדָם לְלָהַט דִּכְתִיב (בראשית ג׳:כ״ד) אֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב.

And what is “And He caused to dwell before the garden of Eden” (Gen. 3, 24)? He caused to dwell in those paths that came before that place which is called a garden, and that came before the cherubim — as it is written, “and the cherubim” (Gen. 3) — and that came before the flame, as it is written, “the flame of the sword” (Gen. 3, 24).

Segment 5ה׳

וְהָא כְּתִיב דְּמַיִם וְאֵשׁ קַדְמוּ דִּכְתִיב (בראשית א׳:ח׳) יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם. וּכְתִיב וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָּׁמַיִם, וּמְנַלָן דְּשָׁמַיִם הֲווּ אֵשׁ דִּכְתִיב (דברים ד׳:כ״ד) כִּי יְיָ אֱלהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אוֹכְלָה הוּא. וּמְנָא לָן דְּשָׁמַיִם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דִּכְתִיב (מלכים א ח׳:ל״ב) וְאַתָּה תִּשְׁמַע הַשָּׁמַיִם. אֲטוּ שְׁלֹמֹה מִתְפָּלֵל אֶל הַשָּׁמַיִם שֶׁיִשְׁמֵעוּ תְּפִלָּתוֹ, אֶלָּא שֶׁנִקְרָא שְׁמָם עַל שְׁמוֹ. דִּכְתִיב (מלכים א ח׳:כ״ז) הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לֹא יֵכַלְכְּלוּךָ. הוֵי שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וַהֲוֵי אֵשׁ. וְאָמַרְתָּ קֶדֶם.

But see, it is written that water and fire came before, as it is written, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters” (Gen. 1, 8), and it is written, “And God called the firmament Heaven.” And how do we know that the heavens were fire? Because it is written, “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire” (Deut. 4, 24). And how do we know that the heavens are the Holy One, blessed be He? Because it is written, “Then hear You in heaven” (I Kings 8, 32). Now, was Solomon praying to the heavens, that they should hear his prayer? Rather, their name is called after His name, as it is written, “Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You” (I Kings 8, 27). So it is the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, and it is fire. And you have said: before.

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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