זוהר, תוספות כרך ג ט״זZohar, Addenda, Volume III 16

Section 16 of 18 in Addenda, Volume III — 19 segments

Segment 1א׳

פִּקּוּדָא לְיַבֶּם אֵשֶׁת הַאָח. וְרָזָא דָא הַא אוּקִימְנָא, דְּאִיהוּ עֲבִיד טִיבוּ וּקְשׁוֹט עִם אֲחוּהִי מֵיתָא, דְּלָא לִישְׁתְצֵי מֵהַהוּא עַלְמָא. בְּגִין דְּהַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ דְּמִית בְּלָא בְּנִין לָא אַעְבַּר כּוֹתַלָא דְפַרְזְלָא לְמֵיעָל גּוֹ פַּלְטֵרִין דְּמַלְכָּא.

A precept: to perform the levirate duty with a brother’s wife. And this mystery we have explained: that he does kindness and truth with his dead brother, that he may not be cut off from that world. For that man who dies without children does not pass the wall of iron to enter within the palace of the King.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּגִין דְּכֹתָלָא דְפַרְזְלָא קַיָימָא בֵּין הַאי עַלְמָא לְעַלְמָא אַחֲרָא, וְבַתַר הַהוּא כּוֹתַלָא קַיְימָן אֶלֶף וְשִׁיתִין רִיבּוֹא מַלְאֲכֵי חַבָּלָה, וְכֻלְּהוּ אִקְרוּן מָארֵי תְרִיסִין, מָארֵי דְּבָבוּ. סַיְיפֵי שְׁנַנָן דְּנוּרָא מֵלַהָטַן בִּידַיְיהוּ. וְגּוֹ הַהוּא כּוֹתַלָא אִית גבֵּיהּ] שִׁיתִּין אַלְפֵי הֵיכָלִין דְחַשׁוֹכָא. וְכָל הֵיכָלָא וְהֵיכָלָא אִית בֵּיהּ כַּוִין פְּתִיחָן לְגֵיהִנָּם.

For a wall of iron stands between this world and the other world; and behind that wall stand a thousand and sixty myriads of destroying angels, and they are all called masters of shields, masters of enmity. Sharpened swords of fire, flaming in their hands. And within that wall there are sixty thousand palaces of darkness, and in each and every palace there are windows opened to Gehinnom.

Segment 3ג׳

וְכָל אִינוּן דְּלָא זָכוּ בְּבָּנִין בְּהַאי עַלְמָא, כַּד נַפְקִין מִינֵיהּ וְאַזְלִין לְאָעָלָא לְהַהוּא עַלְמָא אַחֲרָא וּפָגְעוּ גּוֹ הַהוּא כּוֹתַלָא. וְנָפְקִין כָּל אִינוּן מָארֵי תְרִיסִין וְטַרְדִין לוֹן, וְעָאלִין לוֹן גּוֹ אִינוּן הֵיכָלִין וְיַתְבִין תַּמָּן עַד דְיִתְפָּרְקוּן. וּבְכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא טַעֲמִין טַעְמָא דְגֵיהִנָּם, אַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיהוּ זַכָּאָה. בָּר אִי זְכוּתֵיהּ סַגִּי וּזְכוּתָא דְּאַבָהָן. וְהָנֵי אִינוּן דְאִשְׁתְדָלוּ בְּהוּ וְלָא יָכְלוּ. בְּגִין דְכָל אִינוּן דְּלָא אִתְפְּשָׁט מִנְּהוֹן דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּלְעֵילָּא בְּהַאי עַלְמָא לָא עָאלִין גּוֹ הַהוּא עַלְמָא.

And all those who have not merited children in this world, when they go out from it and go to enter that other world, meet with that wall; and all those masters of shields come out and drive them off, and bring them into those palaces, and they sit there until they are redeemed. And every day they taste the taste of Gehinnom, even though he is righteous — unless his merit is great, and the merit of the fathers. And these are those who laboured for children and were not able. For all those from whom the supernal likeness has not spread out in this world do not enter within that world.

Segment 4ד׳

וְכָל אִינוּן דְּלָא אִשְׁתָדְלוּ בְּהַאי עַלְמָא בִּבְּנִין כַּד נַפְקֵי מֵהַאי עַלְמָא קְרִיבוּ גּוֹ הַאי כּוֹתַלָא וְנָפְקִין הַנְהוּ מָארֵי תְרִיסִין וְטַרְדִין לוֹן בְּנוּרָא מְלַהֲטָא. וְגּוֹ אִינוּן הֵיכָלִין אִית הֵיכָלָא חֲדָא. וְהַהוּא הֵיכָל אִקְרֵי הֵיכָל פּוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן, וְנָטְלִין לֵיהּ וְעָאלִין לֵיהּ בְּהַהוּא הֵיכָלָא וְתַּמָּן אִתְטְרִיד בְּכָל יוֹמָא וְדָא קָשֶׁה מֵגֵּיהִנָם. אִי אִית לֵיהּ פָרוֹקָא, יֵאוֹת. וְאִי לָאו, לָא נָפִיק מִתַּמָּן לְּעָלְמִין. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב (תהילים קכ״ז:ה׳) אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אֵת אַשְׁפָּתוֹ מֵהֶם וְגּוֹ'.

And all those who did not labour in this world for children, when they go out from this world they draw near to this wall, and those masters of shields come out and drive them off with flaming fire. And among those palaces there is one palace, and that palace is called the palace of the workers of iniquity; and they take him and bring him into that palace, and there he is driven about every day; and this is harder than Gehinnom. If he has a redeemer, it is well; and if not, he does not go out from there for ever. And therefore it is written, (Ps. 127, 5) “Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them,” and so forth.

Segment 5ה׳

כַּד אִית לוֹן פָרוֹקָא לְאִינוּן דְּלָא זָכוּ, אִיצְטְרִיךְ לְּהַהִיא אִתְּתָא מַמָּשׁ. דְהוּא שָׁבָק תַּמָּן, בְּאֲתָר דְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ וּרְעוּתֵיהּ הֲוָה שַׁוִי תָּדִיר וְאַדְבָּק בִרְעוּתָא וְתִיאוּבְתָּא. וְכָד אִשְׁתַּמַּשׁ בְּהַהוּא אֲתָר אֲחוּהָ דְּמִיתָא, הַהוּא דַבִּיּקוּ דְתִיאוּבְתָּא דְנַפְשָׁא דְשָׁבָק בְּהַהוּא אֲתָר אִתְעָר בְּאִתְעָרוּתָא דְאִתְּתֵיהּ דְאִתְעֲרָת לְגַבֵּיהּ וְאֲחוּהָ דְּשַׁוִי רְעוּתֵיהּ בְּאַחֲוָה בְּהַהוּא אֲתָר. כְּדֵין אִתְעָרוּ דָא מִתְעָר לְהַהוּא מֵיתָא בְּאִינוּן הֵיכָלִין וְנָפַק מִתַּמָּן.

When there is a redeemer for those who have not merited, that very woman is required, since he left there, in the place where his soul and his will were set continually and cleaved in will and in longing. And when the brother of the dead man makes use of that place, that cleaving of the longing of the soul which he left in that place is roused by the rousing of his wife, who is roused toward him, and of his brother, who set his will in brotherhood in that place. Then this rousing rouses that dead man in those palaces, and he goes out from there.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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