The Zohar · Addenda, Volume III
זוהר, תוספות כרך ג ה׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume III 5
Section 5 of 18 in Addenda, Volume III — 5 segments
Segment 1א׳
ספר הבהיר מַאי טַעְמָא אָנוּ מֵטִילִין תְּכֵלֶת בַּצִּיצִית, וּמַאי טַעְמָא שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם. מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ גַּן נָאֵה וְלוֹ שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת וְשָׂם שׁוֹמֵר עֲלֵיהֶן, וְהוֹדִיעוֹ לְבַדּוֹ אוֹתָן הַנְתִיבוֹת. אָמַר לוֹ, שׁוֹמְרֵם וְלֵךְ בָּהֶם בְּכָל יוֹם וְכָל זְמָן שֶׁתַדְרִיכֵם שָׁלוֹם לָךְ.
The Book Bahir. What is the reason that we put blue in the fringes, and what is the reason for thirty-two? A parable: to what is the matter like? To a king who had a beautiful garden, and it had thirty-two paths, and he set a watchman over them, and he made those paths known to him alone. He said to him: Watch them, and walk in them every day; and as long as you tread them, peace be with you.
Segment 2ב׳
מָה עָשָׂה הַשׁוֹמֵר, אָמַר, אִם אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לְבַדִּי בְּאֵלֶּה הַנְתִיבוֹת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְשׁוֹמֵר אֶחָד לְקַיֵּים אֵלּוּ הַנְתִיבוֹת. וְעוֹד כִּי יֹאמְרוּ הַעוֹלָם, כִּילַי הוּא מֶלֶךְ זֶה וְשׁוֹמֵר זֶה. לְכָךְ שָׂם שׁוֹמֵר זֶה, שׁוֹמְרִים אֲחֵרִים עַל הַנְתִיבוֹת אֵלֶה שֶׁהֵן שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת.
What did the watchman do? He said: If I am alone in these paths, one watchman cannot maintain these paths. And besides, the world will say: This king is miserly, and this watchman. Therefore this watchman set other watchmen over these paths, which are thirty-two paths.
Segment 3ג׳
וּמַאי טַעְמָא דֶּתְכֶלֶת אָמַר הַשׁוֹמֵר שֶׁמָּא יֹאמְרוּ הַשׁוֹמְרִים, הַגַּן שֶׁלִי הוּא. נָתַן לָהֶם סִימָן, רְאוּ הַסִימָן לַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁהוּא שֶׁלּוֹ, שֶׁהַגָּן הַזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה הַנְתִיבוֹת הוּא תִקְנָם, ואֵינָם שֶׁלִי וְהִנֵּה חוֹתָמוֹ.
And what is the reason for the blue? The watchman said: Perhaps the watchmen will say, The garden is mine. He gave them a sign: See the sign of the king, that it is his — that this garden and these paths, he it was who established them, and they are not mine; and here is his seal.
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