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זוהר, בראשית כ״זZohar, Bereshit 27

Section 27 of 102 in Bereshit — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיִּבֶן יְיָ אֱלהִים אֶת הַצֵּלָע, הָכָא (תצא רפ ע"ב) אִתְרְמִיז רָזָא דְיִבוּם דְּאָמְרוּ בֵּיהּ כֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא בָּנָה שׁוּב לֹא יִבְנֶה, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (דברים כ״ה:ט׳) אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִבְנֶה אֶת בֵּית אָחִיו. אֲבָל לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ וַיִּבֶן יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אַבָּא וְאִמָּא בָּנֵי לָהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ה'. ו' דְּאִיהוּ בֶּן י"ה אַבָּא וְאִמָּא. עֲלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמָר וַיִּבֶן יְיָ אֱלהִים אֶת הַצֵּלָע. אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִן הָאָדָם דָּא עַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא. וַיְבִיאֶהָ אֶל הָאָדָם אַיְיתֵי לֵיהּ לְגַבֵּי צֵלָע דְּנָטִיל מִן ה' עוּלֵימָא דִילָהּ.

AND THE LORD GOD BUILT THE SIDE. Here is an allusion to the law of the deceased husband’s brother, in regard to whom the Sages said, “If he refuses to build once, he shall not build any more”, as it is written, “thus shall be done to the man who shall not build his brother’s house” (Deut. 25, 9). But of God it is written, “And the Lord God built”, i.e. the Father and the Mother built the son, as it is written, “God buildeth Jerusalem”, i.e. Van, which is the son, is built by Yod He, which are the Father and Mother. Hence it says, “And the Lord God built the side which he had taken from the man”, viz. the Central Column, “and brought it to the man”, i.e. he brought to the side which he had taken from He its maiden,

Segment 2ב׳

וְעֲלָהּ אִתְּמָר (זכריה ב׳:ט׳) וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהּ נְאֻם יְיָ חוֹמַת אֵשׁ סָבִיב. וּבְגִין דָּא בְּטוּרָא דָא אִתְבְּנֵי בֵּי מִקְדְּשָׁא. עַל יְדָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יְהֵא קַיָּימָא (מ"י דף קי"ט) לְדָרֵי דָרִין. וְעֲלֵיהּ אִתְּמָר (חגי ב׳:ט׳) גָּדוֹל יִהְיֶה כְּבוֹד הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה הָאַחֲרוֹן מִן הָרִאשׁוֹן. דְּקַדְמָאָה אִתְבְּנֵי עַל יְדָא דְּבַר נָשׁ וְהַאי עַל יְדָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּבְגִין דָּא (תהילים קכ״ז:א׳) אִם ה' לֹא יִבְנְה בַיִת שָׁוְא עָמְלוּ בוֹנָיו בּוֹ.

and of her it is said, “And I shall be to her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about” (Zech. 2, 9). It is because the future Temple will be built on this rock by the hands of the Holy One, blessed be He, that it will endure for all generations. Of this Temple it is written, “greater shall be the glory of this latter house than of the former”, for the former was built by the hands of man, but this one shall be built by the hands of the Holy One, blessed be He….

Segment 3ג׳

וְכֵן אִתְּמָר בְּמשֶׁה וַיִּבֶן ה' אֱלהִים אֶת הַצֵּלָע. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (שמות כ״ו:כ׳) וּלְצֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית. צֶלַע וַדַּאי מִסִּטְרָא דְחֶסֶד חִוָּור מִתַּמָּן אִתְקְרִיאַת סִיהֲרָא. וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה (תיקון כ"א וכ' ע"ב) בָּשָׂר דְּאִיהוּ סוּמָק מִסִּטְרָא דִגְבוּרָה וְאִתְכְּלִיל בְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא (שיר השירים ב׳:ו׳) שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֹאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵנִי.

The words “and the Lord God built the side” can also be applied to Moses, in so far as he is from the side of Hesed (Kindness). “And he closed the place of it with flesh”: flesh being red, symbolises Oeburah (Force), and so in Moses both were combined.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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