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זוהר, בראשית י״בZohar, Bereshit 12

Section 12 of 102 in Bereshit — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

אֵי"ן סוֹ"ף לֵית בֵּיהּ רִשּׁוּמָא כְּלָל וְלָא תַּלְיָא שְׁאֵלְתָּא בֵּיהּ וְלָא רַעֲיוֹנָא לְאִסְתַּכְּלוּתָא דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה כְּלָל. מִגּוֹ סְתִימָא דִסְתִימָא, מֵרִישׁ נְחִיתוּ דְּאֵין סוֹף, נְהִיר נְהִירוּ דַּקִּיק וְלָא יְדִיעַ. סָתִים בִּסְתִּימוּ (נ"א ברשימו) כְּחִדּוּדָא דְמַחֲטָא. רָזָא סְתִימָא דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה לָא יְדִיעַ עַד דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט נְהִירוּ מִנֵּיהּ. בְּאֲתַר דְּאִית בֵּיהּ רְשִׁימִין דְּאַתְוָון כֻּלְהוּ. מִתַּמָּן נַפְקָן.

much less can one know the En Sof, of which no trace can be found and to which thought cannot reach by any means. But from the midst of the impenetrable mystery, from the first descent of the En Sof there glimmers a faint undiscernible light like the point of a needle, the hidden recess of thought, which even yet is not knowable until there extends from it a light in a place where there is some imprint of letters, and from which they all issue.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּרֵישׁ כֹּלָּא. א רֵישָׁא וְסוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין. רְשִׁימוּ דְּאִתְרְשִׁים בֵּיהּ דַּרְגִּין כֻּלְהוּ. וְלָא אִקְרֵי אֶלָּא אֶחָד. לְאַחֲזָאָה דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִית בֵּיהּ דִּיוּקְנִין סַגִּיאִין לָאו אִיהוּ אֶלָא חַד. וַדַּאי אִיהוּ אָת דְּעִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין תַּלְיָין בֵּיהּ.

First of all is Aleph, the beginning and end of all grades, that on which all the grades are imprinted and which yet is always called “one”, to show that although the Godhead contains many forms, it is still only one. This is the letter on which depend both the lower and the upper entities.

Segment 3ג׳

רֵאשִׁיתָא דְּאָלֶ"ף טְמִירוּ דְּרָזָא דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה עִלָּאָה. וְהַהוּא אִתְפַּשְׁטוּ דְּהַהוּא רָקִיעַ עִלָּאָה כֹּלָּא סָתִים בְּהַהוּא רֵישָׁא. בְּגִין דְּכַד נָפִיק א' מֵהַאי רָקִיעַ בְּדִיּוּקְנָא דְּרָזָא דְּרִישָׁא דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה נַפְקָא. בְּהַהוּא אֶמְצָעִיתָא דְּאָלֶ"ף שִׁית דַּרְגִּין כְּלִילָן בֵּיהּ רָזָא דְּכֻלְהוּ חַיּוֹת טְמִירִין עִלָּאִין (ס"א דסליקן) (ס"א דתליין) מִגּוֹ מַחֲשָׁבָה.

The top point of the Aleph symbolises the hidden supernal thought, in which is contained potentially the extension of the supernal firmament. When Aleph issues from that firmament in a form symbolising the commencement of Thought, there issue in its middle bar six grades, corresponding to the hidden supernal Hayyoth which are suspended from the Thought.

…and 6 more segments in this section.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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