זוהר, תוספות כרך ב ו׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume II 6

Section 6 of 10 in Addenda, Volume II — 33 segments

Segment 1א׳

תַּנְיָא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסִי גָּלִיף הֲוָה חוּטְרָא מִתְּרֵין סִטְרִין מִשְׁמָּא קַדִּישָׁא, חַד סִטְרָא דְּרַחֲמֵי וְדִינָא בְּאַתְוָון גְּלִיפָן, וְחַד סְטָר דִינָא בְּדִינָא נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר.

It has been taught. R. Jose said: The rod was engraved on two sides with the Holy Name — one side of mercy and judgement, in engraved letters, and one side of judgement within judgement, “a serpent upon a rock.”

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי כְּתִיב (שמות י״ד:ט״ז) וְאַתָּה הַרֵם אֵת מָטֶךָ וּנְטֵה אֵת יָדְךָ עַל הַיָּם. מַאי וּנְטֵה, כְּלוֹמַר נְטֵה בְּחָד גִּיסָא דִּגְלִיפָא בְּרַחֲמֵי וְדִינָא, וּכְתִיב וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֵת יָדוֹ וְלָא כְּתִיב וַיִשְׁלַּח מֹשֶׁה אֵת יָדוֹ. כְּלוֹמַר, אַסְטֵי מֵחָד גִּיסָא.

Observe: it is written, “But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea” (Ex. 14, 16). What is “and stretch out”? As if to say: incline it to that one side which is engraved with mercy and judgement. And it is written, “And Moses stretched out his hand,” and it is not written, “And Moses sent forth his hand” — as if to say, he turned it aside to one side.

Segment 3ג׳

וְאִי תֵּימָא דְּגָּלִיף הֲוָה מִקַּדְמָת דְּנָא נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר, אֶלָּא בְּאַסָנָא אִתְגְּלִיף דִּכְתִיב (שמותד) וַיָשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אַרְצָה וַיְהִי לְנָחָשׁ, בְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתֵּי אִתְגְּלִיף נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר.

And if you should say that “a serpent upon a rock” was engraved upon it before this — rather, it was engraved at the bush, as it is written, “And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent” (Ex. 4); at that hour “a serpent upon a rock” was engraved.

Segment 4ד׳

וְתָּא חֲזֵי אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בָּעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דִּשְׁמוֹי הֲווּ (דהוו) גְּלִיפָן בְּחוּטְרָא יַעֲבִידוּ אָתָאן, וְתַנְיָא תְרֵין אָתִין אִתְעֲבִידוּ בְּיַמָּא בְּהַהוּא סְטָר דְּסָטָא מֹשֶׁה בְּרַחֲמֵי וְדִינָא, בַּזָע יַמָּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּי"ב שְׁבִילִין וְאָתִיב בְּדִינָא עַל מִצְרָאֵי וְאַטְבָּע לְהוֹן בִּתְהוֹמָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות י"ד) וַיָּשֶׁב ה' עֲלֵיהֶם אֵת מֵי הַיָּם

And observe: R. Judah said, The Holy One, blessed be He, desired that His Names, which were engraved upon the rod, should perform signs. And it has been taught: two signs were performed at the sea, by that side to which Moses turned it in mercy and judgement — He split the sea for Israel into twelve paths, and He turned back in judgement upon the Egyptians and sank them in the deep. This is what is written, “And the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them” (Ex. 14).

Segment 5ה׳

מְהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא בָּעָא לְאַפָּקָא מַיָּא. אָמַר לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַסְטֵי חוּטְרָא מִגִּיסָא אוֹחֲרָא וּתְרֵין אָתָאן אִתְעֲבִיד בֵּיהּ, כְּמָה דְּאִתְעֲבִיד מִסִטְרָא אוֹחֲרָא, חַד אַת הָכָא וְחַד אַת בִּמְרִיבָה. אֲבָל הַשְׁתָּא, (שמות י״ז:ו׳) וְהִכִּיתָ בַּצוּר, בְּאַן צוּר, בְּהַאי צוּר, וְסָלִיק נָחָשׁ דִּלְזִמְנָא אַחֲרָא.

From that hour he sought to bring forth water. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Turn the rod to the other side, and two signs shall be performed by it, just as was performed from the other side — one sign here and one sign at Meribah. But now, “and you shall strike the rock” (Ex. 17, 6). Which rock? This rock. And the serpent was left over for another time.

…and 28 more segments in this section.

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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