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The Zohar · Balak

זוהר, בלק כ׳Zohar, Balak 20

Section 20 of 47 in Balak — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (ירמיהו ל׳:י״א) וְאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וְאַל תֵּחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲנִי וְגוֹ'. הַאי קְרָא אִתְּמַר וְאַתְּעֲרוּ בֵּיהּ, אֲבָל עַד כְּעַן אִית לְאַתְּעָרָא יַתִּיר. אַתָּה, מַאי אִיהוּ. רָזָא אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית. דְּדָא אִיהוּ דַּרְגָּא דְּאַזְלָא בְּגָלוּתָא בַּהֲדֵי בְּנָהָא עַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא. מֹשֶׁה בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּבָעָא רַחֲמִין עָלַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, מַה כְּתִיב (במדבר י״א:ט״ו) וְאִם כָּכָה אַתְּ עוֹשֶׂה לִּי הָרְגֵנִי נָא הָרוֹג, וְאוֹקְמוּהָ.

He then discoursed on the verse: “Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel… for I am with thee”, etc. (Jer. 30, 10, 11). ‘The word “thou” here’, he said, ‘contains a reference to the Ark of the Covenant, which is the grade that went into captivity with her sons, the holy people.

Segment 2ב׳

אֲבָל הָכִי אָמַר מֹשֶׁה, דַּרְגָּא חַד דִּיֵּהַבִית לִי אִקְרֵי אַתָּה, בְּגִין דְּלֵית לֵיהּ פְּרִישׁוּ מִמָּךְ. ה' דִּילָהּ אִתְאֲחָד בְּהוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. אִי אַתְּ (ס"א תשיצי לון מעלמא) אִשְׁתְּצֵי לוֹן בְּעָלְמָא, הָא ה' דִּשְׁמָא דָּא דְּאִתְאֲחָד בְּהוּ אִתְעֲבָר מִנֵּיהּ, אִי הָכִי אַתְּ עוֹשֶׂה לִּי, דְּה' עִקָּרָא דִּשְׁמָא דָּא אִתְּעֲקָר.

But thus said Moses: one grade that You gave me is called “You”, since it has no separation from You. The letter he that is hers cleaves to Israel. If You should destroy them from the world, then the he of this Name, which cleaves to them, is removed from it. If so, it is to me that You do this, for the he, the root of this Name, is uprooted.

Segment 3ג׳

וְעַל דָּא אָמַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְבָתַר, (יהושע ז׳:ט׳) וּמַה תַּעֲשֵׂה לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל, דְּהָא וַדַּאי שְׁמָא דָּא עִקָּרָא וִיסוֹדָא דְּכֹלָּא, אַתָּה הוּא יְיָ. וּמֹשֶׁה אַף עַל גַּב דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא אָמַר לֵיהּ, הָכִי יָדַע, דְּהָא בְּהָא תַּלְיָיא, וְחוֹבָה גָּרִים. וְאַתָּה אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וְגוֹ', כֹּלָּא חַד. כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲנִי, הָא אוֹקִימְנָא כִּי אִתִּי אַתָּה לָא כְּתִיב, אֶלָּא כִּי אִתְּךָ אֲנִי. כִּי אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם וְגוֹ', בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה.

And therefore Joshua said afterwards, “And what will You do for Your great name?” (Josh. 7, 9), for assuredly this Name is the root and the foundation of all: “You are the Lord”. And Moses, although the Holy One, blessed be He, did not tell him, knew it thus, for on this it hangs, and sin brings it about. “And you, fear not, My servant Jacob”, etc.: all is one. “For I am with you”: we have explained that it is not written “for you are with Me”, but “for I am with you”. “For I will make a full end of all the nations”, etc.: of all the nations I will make a full end.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)

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