זוהר, תוספות כרך ג י״גZohar, Addenda, Volume III 13

Section 13 of 18 in Addenda, Volume III — 19 segments

Segment 1א׳

(בראשית כ״ח:י״ב) וַיַּחֲלוֹם וְהִנֵּה סוּלָם, דָא צְלוֹתָא. מֻצָּב אַרְצָה, דִּמְצַלִּין בְּנֵי נָשָׁא לָהּ בְּאַרְעָא דְּאִיהִי שְׁכִינְתָּא וּמָטַאת לִשְׁמַיָּא דְּאִיהוּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִתְּמַר (מלכים א ח׳:ל״ב) וְאַתָּה תִּשְׁמַע הַשָּׁמַיִם. וְרָזָא דְמִלָה (תהילים ח׳:י׳) ה' אֲדוֹנֵנוּ מָה אַדִּיר שְׁמָךְ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹדְךָ עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם.

(Gen. 28, 12) “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder” — this is prayer. “Set up on the earth”: for men pray to her on earth, she who is the Shekinah; and she reaches to heaven, which is the Holy One, blessed be He, of whom it is said, (I Kings 8, 32) “and You shall hear in heaven.” And the mystery of the matter: (Ps. 8, 10) “O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name in all the earth, whose majesty is above the heavens.”

Segment 2ב׳

וּבְּזִמְנָא דְּמוֹדָע לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, שְׁכִינְתָּא דְּסָלְקָא בְּהַהִיא צְלוֹתַא. מִיָּד (בראשית כ״ח:י״ב) וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים עוֹלִים וְיוֹרְדִים בּוֹ, בְּהַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ. כּוּלְּהוּ פַּתְחִין גַּדְפַיְיהוּ לְקֳבֵּל שְׁכִינְתָּא (בההיא) בְּהַהוּא צְלוֹתָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (יחזקאל א׳:י״א) וּפְנֵיהֶם וְכַנְפֵיהֶם פְּרוּדוֹת מִלְמַעְלָה. וְהַאי אִיהוּ עוֹלִים שְׁכִינְתָּא עַל גַּדְפַיְיהוּ.

And at the time when the Holy One, blessed be He, makes known to them the Shekinah, who ascends in that prayer — at once, (Gen. 28, 12) “and behold the angels of God ascending and descending in him,” in that man. They all spread their wings toward the Shekinah in that prayer. This is what is written, (Ezek. 1, 11) “and their faces and their wings were separated above.” And this is “ascending” — the Shekinah upon their wings.

Segment 3ג׳

וְיוֹרְדִים בּוֹ, מַאי בּוֹ, בְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא נָחִית עֲלַיְיהוּ לְקָבְּלָא שְׁכִינְתָּא, וּמִתְיָּיחֵד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בּוֹ (בההיא) בְּהַהוּא צְלוֹתָא. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא אִיהִי מִצְוָה כְּלִילָא מִשֵׁם הֲוַיָּ"ה, יהו"ה אִיהִי חַיָּה דִּילֵיהּ, וּמִצְוָה בְּלָא מַחֲשָׁבָה לֵית לָהּ סְלִיקוּ. וּמַחֲשָׁבָה אִיהוּ אָדָם יוֹ"ד הֵ"א וָא"ו הֵ"א, תִּפְאֶרֶת

“And descending in him.” What is “in him”? In the Holy One, blessed be He. And the Holy One, blessed be He, comes down upon them to receive the Shekinah, and the Holy One, blessed be He, is united in him, in that prayer. For the Shekinah is a commandment comprised of the Name Havayah; Yod-He-Vau-He is His chayah; and a commandment without thought has no ascent. And thought is Adam, Yod-Vau-Daleth, He-Aleph, Vau-Aleph-Vau, He-Aleph: tiferet.

Segment 4ד׳

מִצְוָה, מַלְכוּת כְּלִילָא מֵאַרְבַּע חֵיוָון דְּמֶרְכַּבְתָּא כְּלִילָא מֵאַרְבַּע אַתְוָון אִיהִי נוּקְבָּא דִּילֵיהּ אַנְפִּין דִּילֵיהּ, אַנְפֵּי רַחֲמֵי. בְּגִינָהּ אֲמֵינָא, (שמות ל״ג:ט״ו) אִם אֵין פָּנֶיךָ הוֹלְכִים אַל תַעֲלֵנוּ מִזֶּה.

Commandment: malchut, comprised of the four living creatures of the chariot, comprised of four letters. She is His female, His face, a face of mercy. For her sake I said, (Ex. 33, 15) “If Your presence does not go, do not carry us up from here.”

Segment 5ה׳

וּמִסִטְרָא דְצַדִיק אִתִּקְרֵי אֲחוֹרוֹי, חַיָּה כְּלִילָא ח"י חוּלְיָין דְּאִינוּן מֵאָחוֹר דְּבַּר נָשׁ לְקֳבֵּל ח"י נִעְנוּעִין דְּלוּלָב דְדוֹמֶה לְשִׁדְרָה דְּבֵּיהּ ח"י חוּלְיָין. אִיהוּ אָחוֹר לְעוֹבַדָא דְּבְּרֵאשִׁית, וְקֶדֶם לְמַחֲשָׁבָה דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ, יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָהּ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה. מָה לָאו הָכִי בַּאָדָם, דְּעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע דְּאִיהוּ אָחוֹר לְמַעֲשֶׂה וְקֶדֶם לְפּוּרְעֲנוּת.

And from the side of the Righteous One it is called His back: the chayah, comprising the eighteen vertebrae that are at the back of a man, corresponding to the eighteen wavings of the lulav, which is like the spine in which are eighteen vertebrae. It is behind in relation to the work of creation, and before in relation to thought, of which it is said: Israel arose in thought. Is it not so with man, with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which is behind in relation to the deed and before in relation to the punishment?

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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