זוהר, במדבר א׳Zohar, Bamidbar 1

Section 1 of 8 in Bamidbar — 20 segments

Segment 1א׳

(במדבר א׳:א׳) וַיְדַבֵּר יְיָ אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְגוֹ', רִבִּי אַבָּא פָּתַח, (בראשית א׳:כ״ז) וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ וְגוֹ', הַאי קְרָא אִתְּמַר. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּבָרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאָדָם עָבֵד לֵיהּ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דְּעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, וַהֲוָה כָּלִיל מִכֹּלָּא, וַהֲוָה נְהוֹרֵיהּ נָהִיר, מִסַּיְיפֵי עָלְמָא עַד סַיְיפֵי עָלְמָא. וַהֲווּ דַּחֲלִין קַמֵּיהּ כֹּלָּא.

AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI, IN THE TENT OF MEETING, ETC. R. Abba cited here the verse: “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him”, etc. (Gen. 1, 27). ‘We have already explained’, he said, ‘that when the Holy One, blessed be He, created man, He made him in the image of the higher and the lower grades, so that he epitomised the whole, and his light shone forth from one end of the world to the other, and the whole of creation feared him.

Segment 2ב׳

וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּהָא אוּקְמוּהָ, אִית לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ בְּהַאי קְרָא, וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ, כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר בְּצַלְמוֹ, מַאי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי תְּרֵין דַּרְגִּין דִּכְלִילָן דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא, חַד לִדְכַר, וְחַד לְנוּקְבָּא.

It is necessary, however, to look deeper into this verse. For since Scripture says “And God created man in his own image”, why repeat “in the image of God created he him”? But what it signifies is a two-foldness of grades, of male and female comprised within the man,

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְגִין כַּךְ דּוּ פַּרְצוּפִין הֲווֹ ודַּאי, וְסֵיפָא דִּקְרָא אוֹכַח, דִּכְתִּיב זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אוֹתָם. וְכָלִיל הֲוָה מִכָּל סִטְרִין (נ"א מתרין סטרין) וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּנוּקְבָּא אֲחִידַת בְּסִטְרוֹי. הָא הִיא נָמֵי כְּלִילָא מִתְּרֵין סִטְרִין, לְמֶהֱוִי שְׁלִים בְּכֹלָּא.

which made him a duality of prosopa, so that he was complete in all respects,

Segment 4ד׳

וַהֲוָה מִסְתָּכַּל בְּחָכְמְתָא, לְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. כֵּיוָן דְּסָּרַח, אִתְמַעֲטוּ פַּרְצוּפִין, וְחָכְמְּתָא אִסְתָּלָקַת מִנֵּיהּ, וְלָא הֲוָה מִסְתָּכַל אֶלָּא בְּמִלֵי דְּגוּפֵיהּ. לְבָתַר אוֹלִיד בְּנִין מֵעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, וְלָא אִתְיָשָׁבוּ דָּא וְדָא בְּעָלְמָא, עַד דְּאוֹלִיד בַּר, וּמִנֵּיהּ אִשְׁתְּלִים (ס"א אשתיל) עָלְמָא, דְּאִקְרֵי שֵׁת, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ.

and he contemplated in wisdom both what was above and what was below. But once he sinned his prosopa diminished, wisdom departed from him, and he could survey only the affairs of his body. He then begat offspring partaking both of the higher and of the lower nature, but the world was not settled by either of them until Adam begat a son called Seth, by whom the world was made complete.

Segment 5ה׳

וְעִם כָּל דָּא, עָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה לָא אִשְׁתְּלִים, וְלָא הֲוָה שְׁלִים, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּקִיּוּמֵיהּ, עַד דְּאָתָא אַבְרָהָם, וְאִתְקַיָּים עָלְמָא. אֲבָל לָא אִשְׁתְּלִים, עַד דְּאַבְרָהָם אִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּיהּ בְּעָלְמָא וְאָחִיד בֵּיהּ בִּימִינָא, כְּמַאן דְּאָחִיד בִּימִינֵיהּ, לְמַאן דְּנָפִיל. אָתָא יִצְחָק, וְאָחִיד בִּידֵיהּ דְּעָלְמָא בִּשְׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְקָיָּים יַתִּיר. כֵּיוָן דְּאָתָא יַעֲקֹב, אָחִיד בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא בְּגוּפָא, וְאִתְכְּלִיל בִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין, אִתְקַיָּים עָלְמָא וְלָא הֲוָה מִתְמוֹטֵט.

Yet was not the lower world finally completed, nor was it firmly established until Abraham appeared, until Abraham took hold of it by the right hand as one upholds with his right hand one who is falling. Then came Isaac, who seized the world by the left hand, establishing it still more firmly. When Jacob came, he held the world by the centre of the body, uniting the two sides, whereby the world became firm and immovable.

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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