זוהר, בהעלותך ט״וZohar, Beha'alotcha 15

Section 15 of 27 in Beha'alotcha — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְעוֹד בְּפֶרֶק הָרוֹאֶה, הָרוֹאֶה תְּמָרִים בַּחֲלוֹם, תַּמּוּ עֲוֹנוֹתָיו. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (איכה ד׳:כ״ב) תַּם עֲוֹנֵךְ בַּת צִּיּוֹן. בְּגִין דִּתְמָרִים, בֵּיהּ תַּם, דַּרְגָא דְּיַעֲקֹב, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, (בראשית כ״ה:כ״ז) וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. חוֹבִין מָרִים, וְעַל דָּא תְּמָרִים: תַּמָּן תָּ"ם, וְתַמָּן מָ"ר.

And further, in the chapter Ha-ro’eh: one who sees date palms in a dream, his iniquities are ended. This is what is written, “Your iniquity is ended, O daughter of Zion” (Lam. 4, 22). For in temarim (date palms) there is tam — the grade of Jacob, of whom it is said, “and Jacob was a perfect man” (Gen. 25, 27) — and sins are marim (bitter); and therefore temarim: there is tam, and there is mar.

Segment 2ב׳

הָכָא רָמִיז, וַיִמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ט״ו:כ״ה) וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יְיָ עֵץ וַיִמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם. מֵהָכָא, מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאִיהוּ עֵץ. חוֹבִין דִּילֵיהּ, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן (שמות א׳:י״ד) וַיְמָרַרוּ אֶת חַיִּיהֶם בַּעֲבוֹדָה קָשָׁה, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מָחִיל לֵיהּ, וְיִתְחַזְרוּן מְתִיקִין.

Here there is an allusion: “and the waters were made sweet.” This is what is written, “and the Lord showed him a tree, and the waters were made sweet” (Ex. 15, 25). From here: whoever labours in the Torah, which is a tree — his sins, of which it is said, “and they made their lives bitter with hard service” (Ex. 1, 14), the Holy One, blessed be He, pardons him, and they are turned back to sweetness.

Segment 3ג׳

דְּיוֹמִין יֵיתוּן, דְּיִתְקַיָּים בְּהוּ כְּמַפְקָנוּ דְּמִצְּרַיִם, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ (שמות א׳:ו׳) וַיָּמָת יוֹסֵף וְכָל אֶחָיו וְכֹל הַדּוֹר הַהוּא. וּבְגָלוּתָא בַּתְרָאָה, לֵית מִיתָה אֶלָּא עוֹנִי דְּעָנִי חָשׁוּב כַּמֵּת. לְקַיֵּים בְּהוֹן (צפניה ג׳:י״ב) וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּי בָּךְ עַם עָנִי וָדָל וְחָסוּ בְּשֵׁם יְיָ. לְאִתְקַיְּימָא בְּהוֹן (שמואל ב כ״ב:כ״ח) וְאֶת עַם עָנִי תּוֹשִׁיעַ. וְאִלֵּין עֲתִירִים דְּיִשְׁתַּאֲרוּן בְּהוֹן יִתְקַיֵּים בְּהוֹן, (שמות ה׳:י״ז) נִרְפִּים אַתֶּם נִרְפִּים. נִרְפִּים הֵם בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. נִרְפִּים הֵם, לְמֶעְבַּד טִיבוּ עִם מָארֵי תּוֹרָה. וְאַנְשֵׁי חַיִל הַמְסוֹבְבִים מֵעִיר לָעִיר וְלָא יְחוּנָּנוּ.

For days will come in which there shall be fulfilled in them what was at the going out of Egypt, of which it is said, “And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation” (Ex. 1, 6). And in the last exile there is no death but poverty, for a poor man is accounted as dead — so that there should be fulfilled in them, “And I will leave in the midst of you a poor and lowly people, and they shall take refuge in the name of the Lord” (Zeph. 3, 12); so that there should be established in them, “And the poor people You save” (2 Sam. 22, 28). And as for these rich who shall remain among them, there shall be fulfilled in them, “You are idle, you are idle” (Ex. 5, 17). They are idle in the Torah; they are idle in doing kindness with the masters of the Torah, and with the men of valour who go round from city to city, and they show them no favour.

Segment 4ד׳

וְנִרְפִּים הֵם בְּכוֹבֶד הַמַּס, דְּאִי תֵּימָא כְּבֵדִין אִינּוּן בְּכוֹבֶד הַמַּס, וְלָא עַבְדִין טִיבוּ, בְּגִין דָּא תִּכְבַּד הָעֲבוֹדָה עַל הָאֲנָשִׁים וְיַּעֲשׂוּ בָּה, דְּכוֹבֶד הַמַּס עָלַיְיהוּ, וְאַל יִשְׁעוּ בְּדִבְרֵי שָׁקֶר, דְּאִינּוּן מְשַׁקְּרִין וְאַמְרִין דְּכוֹבֶד הַמַּס עָלַיְיהוּ, וּבְגִין דָּא לָא יַעַבְדּוּן טִיבוּ. אִינּוּן מְשַׁקְרָן בְּמִלּוּלַיְיהוּ, וְאַמְרִין דְּמֵהַכּוֹבֶד דְּתִכְבַּד עָלַיְיהוּ, תֶּבֶן אֵין נִתָּן, מָמוֹנָא דְּשִׁקְרָא, דְּבֵיהּ טוֹעִין (ס"א שועין) לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּבְגִין דְּלָא יִשְׁעוּן בֵּיהּ, וְלָא חָסוּ בְּשֵׁם יְיָ, אֵין נִתָּן לַעֲבָדֶיךָ.

And they are idle through the heaviness of the tax. For if you should say that they are burdened with the heaviness of the tax and therefore do no kindness — because of this, “Let the work be heavier upon the men, and let them labour in it,” so that the heaviness of the tax may be upon them; “and let them not regard lying words,” for they lie and say that the heaviness of the tax is upon them, and that because of this they will do no kindness. They speak falsely in their words, and say that because of the heaviness that lies heavy upon them, “straw is not given” — money of falsehood, in which they go astray from the Holy One, blessed be He (a variant reads: to which they cry out); and because they do not regard Him, and did not take refuge in the name of the Lord, “no straw is given to your servants.”

Segment 5ה׳

וְאִלֵּין דְּאִית לוֹן, טָמִיר וְגָנִיז מָמוֹנָא מִלְּגוֹ, דְּאִיהוּ תּוֹכֶן, כְּגוֹן תּוֹךְ הָאוֹצָּר וְתֵיבָה, אִתְקַיָּים בְּהוּ וְתוֹכֶן לְבֵנִים תִּתֵּנוּ. וְדָא כְּסָפִים לְבָנִים, דִּיהוֹן בְּהַהוּא דָּרָא.

And as for those who have it — money hidden and stored away within, which is tochen, like the inside of the treasury and of the chest — there is fulfilled in them, “and the tale (tochen) of bricks you shall give.” And this is white silver, which shall be in that generation.

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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