זוהר, תוספות כרך ב ט׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume II 9

Section 9 of 10 in Addenda, Volume II — 28 segments

Segment 1א׳

גָרְסִינָן בְּזוֹהַר, מַאן דְאֲחִיד בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, סַמְכָא לֵיהּ וּמֵחֲזְקָהּ לֵיהּ עַל יַרְכוֹי, דְּלָא יִסְטֵי לִיְמִינָא וְלִשְׂמָאלָא. זַכָּאִין אִינוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהַב לוֹן אוֹרַיְיתָא לְגַלָּאָה לוֹן רָזִין עִלָּאִין. עֲלַיְיהוּ כְּתִיב (דברים ד׳:ד׳) וְאַתֶּם הַדְּבֵקִים בַּיְיָ' אֱלהֵיכֶם וְגוֹ'.

We have learnt in the Zohar: whoever holds fast to the Torah, it supports him and strengthens him upon his thighs, so that he does not turn aside to the right or to the left. Happy are Israel, for the Holy One, blessed be He, gave them the Torah, to reveal to them supernal mysteries. Of them it is written, “But you who cleave to the Lord your God” (Deut. 4, 4), and so on.

Segment 2ב׳

וְתָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד יָהִיב קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אוֹרַיְיתָא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל רָשִׁים לָהּ בְּרָזָא דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא. אָמַר (שמות כ׳:ב׳) אָנֹכִי יְיָ אֱלהֶיךָ, בְּרָזָא דְחֶסֶד אַבְרָהָם אֲחִיד בָּהּ, וּלְקֳבְלֵיהּ מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה וְרָזָא דָא תַפְקִידָתָא קָמַיְיתָא דְּפָּקִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאַבְרָהָם, מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה הֲוָה. דִּכְתִיב (בראשית י"ב) לֵךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצֶךָ וּבְּגִין כָּךְ חוּשְׁבָּן מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה רְמַ"ח כְּחֻשְׁבָּן אַבְרָהָם.

Observe: when the Holy One, blessed be He, gave the Torah to Israel, He inscribed it in the mystery of the Holy Name. He said, “I am the Lord your God” (Ex. 20, 2) — in the mystery of chesed (lovingkindness), in which Abraham holds fast; and corresponding to it are the positive commandments. And the mystery of this: the first charge that the Holy One, blessed be He, charged upon Abraham was a positive commandment, as it is written, “Get you out of your country” (Gen. 12). And therefore the number of the positive commandments is two hundred and forty-eight, like the number of Abraham.

Segment 3ג׳

(שמות ד') לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלהִים אֲחֵרִים וְגוֹ' בְּרָזָא דִּגְבוּרָה דְאֲחִיד בָּהּ יִצְחָק, דְּכָל אִינוּן אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְאִינוּן סָרְכִין מְמָנָן מִסִּטְרֵיהּ יַנְקִין, וְכֵן עֵשָׂו וְכָל אִינוּן מְמָנָן דִּילֵיהּ. דְּהָא יִצְחָק בְּמִצְוֹת לא תַעֲשֶׂה אֲחִיד. וְתַפְקִידְתָא קָמַיְיתָא דִּילֵיהּ, מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה הֲוָה, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית כ״ו:ב׳) אַל תֵרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה. וּמִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה מִסִטְרָא דְּדִינָא קָא אָתֵי, דְּהָא מַעֲנִישִׁין לֵיהּ לְּבַּר נָשׁ כַּד עֲבַר עֲלָהּ.

“You shall have no other gods” (Ex. 20, 3), and so on — in the mystery of gevurah (might), in which Isaac holds fast; for all those other gods, and those chieftains appointed over them, suck from its side, and so Esau and all those appointed ones of his. For Isaac holds fast to the negative commandments; and his first charge was a negative commandment, as it is written, “Do not go down into Egypt” (Gen. 26, 2). And the negative commandment comes from the side of judgement, for a man is punished when he transgresses it.

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְּגִין כָּךְ חוּשְׁבָּן מִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה בְּרָזָא דְדַרְגָא דִּילֵיהּ בְּרָזָא דְּשס"ה לְקָבֵל יוֹמִין דְשִׁמְשָׁא דְּנָהִיר מִסִטְרָא דִּגְבוּרָה. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שופטים ה׳:ל״א) כְּצֵאת הַשֶׁמֶשׁ בִּגְבוּרָתוֹ.

And therefore the number of the negative commandments, in the mystery of his grade, is in the mystery of three hundred and sixty-five, corresponding to the days of the sun that gives light from the side of gevurah. This is what is written, “as the sun when he goes forth in his might” (Judg. 5, 31).

Segment 5ה׳

לֹא תִשָּׂא בְּרָזָא דִּגְבוּרָ"ה, דְּתִפְאֶרֶת דְּאִקְּרֵי אֶמֶת וְאִיקְרֵי בָּהּ יַעֲקֹב שְׁלֵימָא וְיָנִיק תְרֵין חוּלָקִין, מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה וּמִצְוֹת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (בראשית כ״ה:כ״ז) וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תַּם יוֹשֵׁב אֹהָלִים. וְעָאל לְכָל סִטְרִין לְרַחֲמֵי וּלְדִינָא, לְמִצְוֹת לא תַעֲשֶׂה וּלְמִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה. וְאִיקְרֵי שְׁלִים בְּגִין דִּשְׁבוּעָה מִשְׁלָמָא אַתְיָיא. וְעַל דָא בְּרָזָא דַּעֲשֶׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה. וְכַמָּה דְּאִיהִי לא תַעֲשֶׂה כַּד אִיהִי לְשִׁקְרָא הָכִי אִיהִי מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה כַּד אִיהִי בֶּאֱמֶת. דִּכְתִיב (ירמיהו ד׳:ב׳) וְנִשְׁבַּעְתָּ חַי יְיָ בֶּאֱמֶת בְּמִשְׁפָּט וּבִצְדָקָה וּכְתִיב (דברים י׳:כ׳) וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָׁבֵעַ.

“You shall not take” is in the mystery of the gevurah of tiferet (beauty), which is called truth, and by which Jacob the whole is called; and he sucks two portions, the positive commandment and the negative commandment. This is what is written, “And Jacob was a whole-hearted man, dwelling in tents” (Gen. 25, 27). And he enters into every side, to mercy and to judgement, to the negative commandment and to the positive commandment. And he is called whole, because an oath comes from completeness; and therefore it is in the mystery of the positive and the negative. And as it is a negative commandment when it is for falsehood, so it is a positive commandment when it is in truth, as it is written, “And you shall swear: As the Lord lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness” (Jer. 4, 2); and it is written, “and by His name shall you swear” (Deut. 10, 20).

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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