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זוהר, בהעלותך י״גZohar, Beha'alotcha 13

Section 13 of 27 in Beha'alotcha — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

(במדבר ט׳:ב׳-ג׳) וְיַעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַפָּסַח בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ מַאי וְיַעֲשׂוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, הָא אִתְּמַר, כָּל מַאן דְּאַחְזֵי עוֹבָדָא לְתַתָּא כַּדְקָא יֵאוּת, כְּאִילּוּ עָבִיד לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא. דְּהָא בְּגִינֵיהּ אִתְּעַר הַהוּא מִלָּה, כִּבְיָכוֹל, כְּאִילּוּ הוּא עָבִיד לֵיהּ, וְהָא אִתְּמַר.

“And let the children of Israel make the passover in its appointed season” (Num. 9, 2-3). What is “and let them make”? R. Jose said: It has been said: whoever shows a deed below as is fitting, it is as though he made it above; for on his account that matter is aroused, as it were, as though he himself made it. And this has been said.

Segment 2ב׳

(במדבר ט׳:י׳) אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי יִהְיֶה טָמֵא וְגוֹ'. אִישׁ אִישׁ תְּרֵי זִמְנֵי, אֲמַאי, אֶלָּא אִישׁ דְּהוּא אִישׁ, וְיִתְחֲזֵי לְקַבְּלָא נִשְׁמְתָא עִלָּאָה, וְהוּא פָּגִים גַּרְמֵיהּ. דְּלָא שַׁרְיָיא עֲלוֹי שְׁכִינְתָּא (ס"א שירותא) (ס"א נשמתא) עִלָּאָה. מַאי טַעְמָא. בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ גָּרִים, וְהוּא מְסָאֵב לֵיהּ לְגַרְמֵיהּ. וְעַל דָּא אִישׁ אִישׁ. אִישׁ דְּיִתְחֲזֵי לְמֶהֱוִי אִישׁ, וְהוּא מְסָאֵב גַּרְמֵיהּ, דְּלָא יִשְׁרֵי עֲלוֹי קְדוּשָּׁה דִּלְעֵילָּא.

IF ANY MAN (lit. a man, a man) OF YOU… SHALL BE UNCLEAN, ETC. What signifies the repetition of the term “a man”? It signifies “a man who is a man”, that is, who is otherwise worthy of the name “man”, and fit to receive the supernal soul, but who has allowed himself to be blemished and defiled so that the Shekinah cannot abide with him.

Segment 3ג׳

(במדבר ט׳:י׳) אוֹ בְדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה, דָּא אִיהוּ חַד מֵעַשְׂרָה דְּאִינּוּן נְקוּדִים בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ אַתְיָין לְאַחֲזָאָה מִלָּה. מַאי בְדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה. בְּגִין דְּבַּר נָשׁ דְּאִיהוּ מַסְאִיב גַּרְמֵיהּ, מְסָאֲבִין לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא. כֵּיוָן דִּמְסָאַבִין לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא, הָא אִיהוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה. מֵהַהוּא אֲתָר וְאָרְחָא דְּזַרְעָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ, הָא בְּדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה אָחִיד, דְּאִתְרְחַק (נ"א מלמקרב) לְמִקְרַב לְכוֹן, וּלְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא בְּכוֹן, כְּמָה דְּאַתּוּן מִתְקַשְּׁרִין.

We read further: OR BE IN A JOURNEY AFAR OFF. There is a dot over the resh of the word rehokah (afar off) to indicate that if a man sullies himself here, they sully him on high. He is thus “in a journey afar off”, far away from the region and the path which the seed of Israel have chosen.’

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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