זוהר, תוספות כרך ג י״בZohar, Addenda, Volume III 12

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר הַהוּא יוּדָאי (בראשית א׳:ב׳) וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְגוֹ'. מַאן אָרֶץ, הַהִיא דְאִשְׁתְמוֹדַע עִילָאָה וְתַּתָּאָה. הָיְתָה תֹהוּ, מַאי תֹהוּ. דָא קַו יָרוֹק דְאַקִיף כָּל עַלְמָא ואִיקְרֵי קַו תֹהוּ. דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה ל"א) ונָטָה עָלֵיהּ קַו תֹהוּ ואַבְנֵי בֹּהוּ. בֹּהוּ, כְּמָה דְּתָנֵינָן, אֲבָנִין מֵפוּלָמוֹת דְמִשְׁתַקְעָן גּוֹ תְהוֹמֵי וּמִנְהוֹן נַפְקֵי מַיִין.

That Jew opened and said: (Gen. 1, 2) “And the earth was tohu (unformed) and bohu (void),” and so forth. Which is “the earth”? That which is known, supernal and lower. “Was tohu”: what is tohu? This is the line of green that encompasses the whole world, and it is called the line of tohu, as it is written, (Isa. 31) “And He shall stretch over it the line of tohu and the stones of bohu.” Bohu: as we have learnt, moist stones sunk within the deeps, and from them waters come forth.

Segment 2ב׳

הַשְׁתָּא אִית לְמִנְדַע. תֹהוּ דְּאִיהוּ קַו יָרוֹק, מַאן הֲוָה (הוא) קַו יָרוֹק, אֶלָּא אַשְׁכְּחָן בְּסִפְרָא דְּאַסְיָא דְקַרְטִינָאָה וְיוֹדָאן דְקֵסָרֵי שְׁמֵיהּ, וְקָרָאן שְׁמֵיהּ אַסְיָא קַרְטִינָאָה. בְּגִין דְהוּא רָב עַל כָּל אַסְיָין וְיַקִּירָא בְּחָכְמָתָא. וְהָכִי אָמַר (אמרי) בְּלָשׁוֹן פַּרְסִי לְבַּר נָשׁ יַקִּירָא. וְהוּא אָמַר, וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ, מַאי תֹהוּ, אִיהִי קַו יָרוֹק דְּאַסְחַר עַלְמָא. וּמָאן אִיהוּ קְלִיפָּא דֶּאֱגוֹזָא וְדָא אִיהוּ קְלִיפָּה דִּלְבַר דְּאִיהוּ יָרוֹק.

Now there is to know. Tohu, which is the line of green — what was the line of green? Rather, we have found in the book of Kartana the physician — and Yodan of Caesarea was his name, and they called his name Kartana the physician because he was chief over all physicians and honoured in wisdom; and so they call an honoured man in the Persian tongue. And he said: “And the earth was tohu.” What is tohu? It is the line of green that goes round the world. And what is it? The shell of the nut; and this is the outer shell, which is green.

Segment 3ג׳

לְגוֹ מִנֵּיהּ בֹּהוּ, וְאִינוּן אֲבָנִין מֵפוּלָמוֹת דְּמִנְּהוֹן נַפְקֵי מַיִין. מִן תֹהוּ אִתְמַשְׁכָאן עוֹר וּבָשָׂר. מִן בֹּהוּ אִתְמְשָׁכוּ גַּרְמֵי לְגוֹ מִנֵּיהּ. וְחֹשֶׁךְ, דָא מְשִׁיכוּ דְּאִתְמְשָׁךְ מִנֵּיהּ עַמָּא דְעֵשָׂו. וְאִי תֵּימָא מַאן תֹהוּ. הַרֵי (הכי) הוּא ודַּאי, דְּהָא חֹשֶׁךְ מִנֵּיהּ תַלְיָּיא. אֶלָּא אִינוּן אֲבָנִין מְפוּלָמוֹת, עָאלוּ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא דְמִנֵּיהּ אִתְמַשְׁכָאן גַּרְמֵי כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר. וְחֹשֶׁךְ מְשִׁיכוּ דָקִיק, דְּמִנֵּיהּ אִתְמְשָׁךְ עֵשָׂו.

Within it, bohu, and these are the moist stones from which waters come forth. From tohu are drawn skin and flesh; from bohu are drawn the bones within it. “And darkness”: this is the drawing forth from which the people of Esau is drawn. And should you say, what of tohu? See, so it is assuredly, for darkness hangs from it. Rather, those moist stones entered into the midst, and from it are drawn the bones, as has been said; and darkness is a thin drawing forth, from which Esau is drawn.