זוהר, בלק ל״דZohar, Balak 34

Segment 1א׳

עַד דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלֵי, הָא יוֹנָה חַד מָטָא לְגַבֵּי רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. שְׁרִיאַת, וְקָא מְצַפְצְפָא קַמֵּיהּ. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, יוֹנָה כְּשֵׁרָה מְהֵימְנָת הֲוִית תָּדִיר בִּשְׁלִיחוּתִיךְ, זִילִי וְאֵימָא לֵיהּ, הָא חַבְרַיָּיא אָתָאן לְגַבָּךְ, וַאֲנָא עִמְּהוֹן. וְנִסָא יִתְרְחִישׁ לֵיהּ לִתְלָתָא יוֹמִין, וְלָא יִנְפּוֹל עָלֵיהּ דְּחִילוּ, דְּהָא בְּחֶדְוָה אֲנָן אַזְלִין לְגַבֵּיהּ. אָתִיב זִמְנָא אַחֲרָא וְאָמַר, לָא חַדֵּינָא סַגְּיָא, וּבָאִישׁ בְּעֵינָי סַגִּי, עַל חַד רִמּוֹנָא מַלְיָא דְּאִתְיְהִיב תְּחוֹתֵיהּ, וְיוֹסֵי שְׁמֵיהּ. אַזְלַת הַהִיא יוֹנָא מִקַּמֵּיהּ, וְאִינּוּן חַבְרַיָּיא אַזְלוּ.

As they were going along a pigeon approached R. Eleazar and commenced cooing in front of him. He said: ‘Worthy dove, thou wast ever a faithful messenger, go and tell him that the Companions are coming and I am with them, and a miracle will be performed for him in three days, and he should not be afraid as we are approaching him in joy.’ He replied again, saying: ‘I am not very glad; in fact, I am sore distressed on account of a certain full pomegranate which has been sacrificed for him, and Jose is his name’. The dove went on in front and the Companions left them.

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רִבִּי אַבָּא לְרִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, מַאי הַאי, תַּוַּוהְנָא סַגִּי, מִמָּה דַּחֲמֵינָא. אָמַר לֵיהּ, יוֹנָה דָּא אָתָאת לְגַבָּאי בִּשְׁלִיחוּתֵיהּ דְּרִבִּי יוֹסֵי חָמֵי, דְּאִיהוּ בְּבֵי מַרְעֵיהּ, וְיָדַעְנָא מֵהַאי יוֹנָה דְּאִשְׁתְּזִיב, וְחִלּוּפָא אִתְיְיהִיב עָלֵיהּ וְאִתְסֵּי.

Said R. Abba: ‘I am greatly amazed at what I see.’ He said to him: ‘This dove came to me on a message from R. Jose, my father-in-law, who is lying ill, and I know from this pigeon that he has been delivered, and a substitute has been found for him, and he has been healed’.

Segment 3ג׳

עַד דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלוּ, הָא עוּרְבָא חַד קָאִים לְקַמַּיְיהוּ, קָרָא בְּחֵילָא, וּמְצַפְצְפָא צִפְצוּפָא סַגִּי. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, לְהָכִי אַתְּ קַיְּימָא, וּלְהָכִי אַנְּתְּ מִתַקֵּן, זִיל לְאָרְחָךְ, דְּהָא יְדַעְנָא. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, חַבְרַיָּיא נֵיזִיל וְנִגְמוֹל חֶסֶד לְרִמוֹנָא, דְּהֲוָה מַלְיָא מִכֹּלָּא, וְרִבִּי יוֹסֵי דִּפְקִיעִין שְׁמֵיהּ אִיהוּ, דְּהָא אִסְתַּלָּק מֵעָלְמָא דֵּין, וְלֵית מַאן דְּחָזֵי לְאִשְׁתַּדְּלָא בֵּיהּ, וְאִיהוּ קָרִב לְגַבָּן.

As they went along a raven came and stood before them, croaking loudly. R. Eleazar ‘said: ‘For this thou art here, and for this thou art come; go thy way, for I know already.’ Said R. Eleazar: ‘Companions, let us proceed and do an office of kindness with a pomegranate that was full of juice, R. Jose of Pekiin was his name, for he has departed from this world and there is no one to attend to him, and he is near us.’