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זוהר, בראשית כ״הZohar, Bereshit 25

Section 25 of 102 in Bereshit — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיְצַו יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וְגו' הָא אוּקְמוּהָ לֵית צַו אֶלָּא עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה דְּמִתַּמָּן אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְאִיהִי בַּכָּבֵד. דְּמִינָּהּ תִּכְבַּד הָעֲבוֹדָה דְּאִיהִי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה לֵיהּ וְהַכָּבֵד כּוֹעֵס. וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ כָּל הַכּוֹעֵס כְּאִלּוּ עוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה דָא אִיהוּ וַיְצַו.

AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, SAYING. It is agreed that the term “command” in the Scripture always has reference to the prohibition of idolatry. This sin has its root in the liver, which is the seat of anger, and it has been laid down that “to fall into a passion is like worshipping idols”.

Segment 2ב׳

עַל הָאָדָם דָּא שְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (בראשית ט) בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ. וְדָא מָרָה חַרְבָּא דְּמַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (משלי ה׳:ד׳) וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כְּלַעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּוֹת. לֵאמֹר דָּא גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת וְדָא טְחוֹל עֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמָר (משלי ל׳:כ׳) אָכְלָה וּמָחֲתָה פִּיהָ וְגו' דִּטְחוֹל לֵית לֵיהּ פּוּמָא וְעַרְקִין וְאִתְשַׁקְיָא מֵעֲכִירוּ דְּדָמָא אוּכְמָא דְּכָבֵד וְלָא אַשְׁכַּחְנָא לֵיהּ פּוּמָא. וְדָא אִיהוּ אָכְלָה וּמָחֲתָה פִּיהָ וְגו'. כָּל שׁוֹפְכֵי דָּמִים מִמָּרָה אִנּוּן. דְּעַרְקִין דִּדְמָא דְלִבָּא מִיָּד דְּחָזָאן מָרָה כֻּלְהוֹן בָּרְחִין קֳדָמָהּ.

The expression “the man” designates bloodshed, on the analogy of the verse: “by man shall his blood be shed” (Gen. 9, 6). This sin has its root in the gall, the sword of the angel of death, after the verse: “her latter end is bitter like gall, piercing like a two-edged sword” (Prov. 5, 4). The expression “saying” refers to incest, which has its root in the spleen, as it is written, “Such is the way of the adulterous woman, she eats and wipes her mouth” (Ibid. 30, 20). Although the spleen has no mouth or suckers, yet it absorbs the black turbid blood of the liver; so the adulterous woman wipes her mouth and leaves no trace. The murderer is incited by the bile and sucks from the blood of the heart. All who see bile recoil from it,

Segment 3ג׳

וְעֶרְיָין כֻּלְהוּ אִתְכַּסְיָין בַּחֲשׁוֹכָא בְּדַם אוּכְמָא דִטְחוֹל. מָאן דְּעֲבַר עַל שְׁפִיכַת דְּמָא וְעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְגִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת גַּלְיָא נִשְׁמְתֵיהּ בְּכָבֵד מָרָה טְחוֹל וְדַיְינִין לֵיהּ בַּגֵּיהִנָּם וּתְלַת מְמַנָּן עֲלַיְיהוּ מַשְׁחִית אַף וְחֵימָה.

but unchastity is covered in darkness, in the black blood of the spleen. Whoever sins by murder, idolatry, and incest bans his soul through the liver, the gall, and the spleen, and is punished in Gehinnom in these three members, through three chief demons, Mashith (destroyer), Af (anger), and Hemah (wrath)….

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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