זוהר, תוספות כרך ג ז׳Zohar, Addenda, Volume III 7

Section 7 of 18 in Addenda, Volume III — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְכִי בְּכָל עֵת יָכִיל בַּר נָשׁ לְמֶעְבַּד צְדָקָה, אִי הָכִי תְרֵיסָר שַׁעְתֵּי בְּיוֹמָא מַאן יָכִיל. אֶלָּא הָכִי אוֹלִיפְנָא, מַאן דְּעָבִיד צְדָקָה בְּכָל עֵת. מַאי בְּכָל עֵת, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ויקרא ט״ז:ב׳) וְאַל יָבֹא בְּכָל עֵת אֶל הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, ואוּקְמוּהָ.

And can a man do charity at every time? If so, twelve hours in a day — who can? Rather, thus we have learnt: whoever does charity at every time. What is “at every time”? As it says, “and let him not come at all times into the holy place” (Lev. 16, 2), as has been explained.

Segment 2ב׳

וְלָא תֵימָא בִּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, דְּאִיהִי עֵת רַעֲוָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּצַדִיק. אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ בְּכָל עֵת דִּלְתַתָּא אַסְגֵּי צְדָקָה עֲלַיְיהוּ ואִתְעַר צְדָקָה בְּכֻלְּהוּ, בְּעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. בְּגִין כָּךְ יְשַׁוִּי לִבֵּיהּ וּרְעוּתֵיהּ בַּר נָשׁ וְיִדְבַּק בֵּיהּ בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

And do not say, in the Community of Israel alone, who is a time of holy favour in the Righteous One. Rather, even at every time below He increases charity upon them and rouses charity in them all, in the upper and in the lower. Therefore let a man set his heart and his will, and let him cleave to the Holy One, blessed be He.

Segment 3ג׳

כֵּיוָן דְּמָטוּ קַמֵי דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן סָחוּ לֵיהּ עוֹבָדָא. אָמַר, וּמָה דָא בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, אֲפִילּוּ כָּל מַאן דְאֲחִיד לְּאִילָנָא (באילנא) דְחַיֵי אִשְׁתֵּזִיב בְּהַאי עַלְמָא ואֲפִילּוּ מִן מוֹתָא דְּעָלְמָא, מִשְׁאָר בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. כָּל שֶׁכֵּן מְאַחֲרָא.

When they came before R. Simeon they told him what had happened. He said: And is this one alone so? Even everyone who holds to the tree of life is delivered in this world, and even from the death of the world, unlike the rest of men — all the more so afterwards.

Segment 4ד׳

אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בְּכֻלְּהוּ אִתְעָר צְדָקָה אִילָנָא דְחַיֵי, וְהַאי אֲתָר אִיהוּ דִּמְזוֹנָא לְכֹלָא לְתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים. מַאי עֲבִידְתַיְיהוּ דְּהָא כָּל בְּנֵי עַלְמָא לָא יַכְלֵי לְאִתְעָרָא צְדָקָה עֲלַיְיהוּ, דְּהָא אִינוּן בִּצְדָקָה אֲחִידָן וְכָל בְּנֵי עַלְמָא בִּזְכוּתַיְיהוּ נִזוֹנִין, בְּהוּ מַמָּשׁ. ואִינוּן לָא יַכְלִין לְאִתְזָנָא בְּהוּ מַמָּשׁ, בְּגִין דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשָׁתַדָל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, אִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּאִילָנָא דְחַיֵי דְּכָל בְּנֵי עַלְמָא נִזוֹנִין מִנֵּיהּ. אִשְׁתְּכַּח דְּתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים מִתְעָרֵי מְזוֹנָא לְעַלְמָא וּשְׁלָמָא.

R. Simeon said: In them all, charity rouses the tree of life; and this is the place of sustenance for all, through the students of the Torah. And what is their work? For all the people of the world cannot rouse charity upon them, since they themselves are held fast in charity, and all the people of the world are sustained by their merit — by them in very truth; and they themselves cannot be sustained by them in very truth. Because everyone who labours in the Torah labours in the tree of life, from which all the people of the world are sustained; so it is found that the students of the Torah rouse sustenance for the world, and peace.

Segment 5ה׳

אִי לְכָל בְּנֵי עַלְמָא מִתְעָרֵי מְזוֹנָא, לוֹן אֲמַאי לָא מִתְעָרֵי. אֶלָּא תַּלְמִיד חָכָם הוּא אִילָנָא דְחַיֵי מַמָּשׁ. וְאִילָנָא דְחַיֵי לָא מִתְּזָן אֶלָּא מִן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. וְהָעוֹלָם הַבָּא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַּח בְּהַאי עַלְמָא אֶלָּא לְבָתַר דְּעָאל לְהַהוּא עַלְמָא, כְּדֵין אִתְּזָן בֵּיהּ וְאִתְנֵטָעוּ שָׁרְשׁוֹי עָלֵיהּ.

If they rouse sustenance for all the people of the world, why is none roused for them? Rather, a student of the Torah is the tree of life itself. And the tree of life is not sustained except from the world to come. And the world to come is not found in this world, but only after he has entered that world; then he is sustained by it, and his roots are planted upon it.

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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