The Zohar · Bereshit
זוהר, בראשית כ״וZohar, Bereshit 26
Section 26 of 102 in Bereshit — 5 segments
Segment 1א׳
עוֹד פָּתַח וְאָמַר. וַיִּצֶר ה' אֱלהִים מִן הָאֲדָמָה כָּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְכָל עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם. וַוי לְעָלְמָא דְּאִנּוּן אַטִּימִין לִבָּא וּסְתִימִין עַיְינִין דְּלָא מִסְתַּכְּלִין בְּרָזֵי דְאוֹרַיְיתָא וְלָא יָדְעִין. דְּוַדַּאי חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם אִנּוּן עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ. וְאֲפִילּוּ בְּאִלֵּין דְּאִנּוּן נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח עֵזֶר בְּהוֹן (בגלותא) לִשְׁכִינְתָּא בְּגָלוּתָא וְלָא לְמשֶׁה דְּאִיהוּ עִמַּהּ. דְּבְּכָל זִמְנָא דְּגָלַת שְׁכִינְתָּא לָא זָז מִנָּהּ.
AND THE LORD GOD FORMED FROM THE GROUND ALL THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND ALL THE FOWL OF THE HEAVEN. Said R. Simeon, ‘Alas for the stupidity and the blindness of men who do not perceive the mysteries of the Torah, and do not know that by “the beasts of the field and the fowl of the heaven” are designated the unlearned. Even those of them who are “a living soul” are of no service in the Captivity to the Shekinah or to Moses who is with her, for all the time that she is in exile he does not quit her.’
Segment 2ב׳
אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וְהָא מַאן יָהִיב עוֹבָדָא דְּאָדָם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבְמשֶׁה. אָמַר לֵיהּ בְּרִי וְאַנְתְּ אֲמַרְתְּ הָכִי וְכִי לָא אוֹלִיפַת (ישעיהו מ״ו:י׳) מַגִּיד מֵרֵאשִׁית אַחֲרִית. אָמַר לֵיהּ הָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי.
Said R. Eleazar, ‘Are we justified in applying what is said of Adam to Moses and Israel?’ R. Simeon answered: ‘My son, is it you who speak thus? Have you forgotten the text, “He announceth the end from the beginning” (Is. 46, 10)?’ He replied: ‘You are certainly right;
Segment 3ג׳
וּבְגִין דָּא משֶׁה לָא מִית וְאָדָם אִתְקְרֵי אִיהוּ. וּבְגִינֵיהּ אִתְּמָר בְּגָלוּתָא בַּתְרָאָה וּלְאָדָם לא מָצָא עֵזְרִ אֶלָּא כֻּלְהוּ כְּנֶגְדוֹ. וְכֵן עַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא אִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ וּלְאָדָם לא מָצָא עֵזְרִ דְּאַפִּיק שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ מִן גָּלוּתָא הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שמות ב׳:י״ב) וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ. וּמשֶׁה אִיהוּ בְּדִיּוֹקְנֵיהּ מַמָּשׁ דְּאִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ לא מָצָא עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדוֹ.
and that is why we are told that Moses did not die, and that he was called Adam; and in reference to him in the last captivity it is written, “and for Adam he found no help”, but all was “against him”. So, too, of the Central Column it is written, “and for the man he found no help”, viz. to bring the Shekinah out of captivity; therefore it is written, “And he turned this way and that and saw that there was no man” (Ex. 2, 12), Moses being after the pattern of the Central Column.
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