זוהר, בראשית נ״אZohar, Bereshit 51

Section 51 of 102 in Bereshit — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

הֵיכָּלָא קַדְמָאָה. אֲתַר דְּאִיהוּ מִתְתַּקַּן לְתַתָּא לְמֶהוֵי כְּגַוְונָא דִלְעֵילָא. וְהָא אִתְעָרוּ חַבְרַיָיא נִמּוּסֵי דְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן כְּמָה דְּאִיהוּ בְּרָזָא עִלָּאָה (דאיהו מתקן לגו, גו טמירא דרזא דלתתא גניז וסתים מכל) (נ"א ואיהו מתתקן לגו וסתים מכולא) וְלָא שָׁלְטָא בֵּיהּ עֵינָא. בַּר נִשְׁמַתְהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָיא. לְמֶהֱוִי גְּלִיפָן לְעֵילָא וְתַתָּא. וּלְאִסְתַּכָּלָא מִתַּמָּן בְּרָזָא דְמָרֵיהוֹן וּבְעִנּוּגָא דִלְעֵילָא.

The first palace. A place that is set in order below to be after the pattern of that which is above. The Companions have already discussed the ordinances of the Garden of Eden, how it stands in the supernal mystery; and no eye has power over it save the souls of the righteous, that they may be graven above and below, and may gaze from there upon the mystery of their Master and upon the delight of the world above.

Segment 2ב׳

וְאִלֵּין אִנּוּן צַדִּיקַיָא דְּלָא אַחְלְפוּ יְקָרָא דְמָרֵיהוֹן בְּגִין דַּחֲלָא אָחֳרָא. כְּתִיב, (משלי י״ב:ד׳) אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעֲלָהּ, רָזָא דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בַּר נָשׁ בְּמָרֵיהּ וּלְדָחֲלָא מִנֵּיהּ תָּדִיר וְלָא יִסְטֵי לְיָמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא. וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא דְּלָא יְהַךְ בַּר נָשׁ בָּתַר דַּחֲלָא אָחֳרָא דְּאִקְרֵי אֵשֶׁ"ת זְנוּנִי"ם. וּבְגִין כָּךְ כְּתִיב, (משלי ז׳:ה׳) לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחלִיקָה.

And these are the righteous who did not exchange the glory of their Master for a strange god. It is written, “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband” (Prov. 12, 4) — the mystery of faith: that a man should cleave to his Master and fear Him continually, and not turn aside to the right or to the left. And we have established that a man should not go after a strange god, which is called “a wife of harlotry”. And therefore it is written, “To keep you from the strange woman, from the alien woman who makes her words smooth” (Prov. 7, 5).

Segment 3ג׳

הֵיכָלָא דָא קָאִים בְּדִיוּקְנָא דְרָזָא עִלָּאָה. בְּגִין דְּכַד נִשְׁמָתִין דְּצַדִּיקַיָא נָפְקֵי מֵהַאי עָלְמָא, עָאלִין גּוֹ אִלֵּין הֵיכָלִין דִּי בְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן דִּלְתַתָּא. וְתַמָּן (עאלין) יָתְבִין כָּל חַד וְחַד כָּל הַהוּא זִמְנָא דְאִצְטְרִיכָא נִשְׁמָתָא לְמֵיתַב תַּמָּן.

This palace stands in the likeness of the supernal mystery. For when the souls of the righteous depart from this world they enter into these palaces that are in the lower Garden of Eden, and there each one of them sits for all that time in which the soul must remain there.

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְכָל הֵיכָלָא וְהֵיכָלָא אִית דִּיוּקְנִין כְּגַוְונָא (עלאה) דִלְעֵילָא וּדְיוֹקְנִין כְּגַוְונָא (תתאה) דִלְתַתָּא. וְתַמָּן אִתְלַבְּשַׁת נִשְׁמָתָא בִּלְבוּשִׁין כְּגַוְונָא דְהַאי עָלְמָא. וְאִתְעַדְנַת תַּמָּן כָּל הַהוּא זִמְנָא דְאִצְטְרִיכַת עַד דְּמָטֵי זִמְנָא לְסַלְקָא לְאֲתַר עִלָּאָה כְּמָה דְאִצְטְרִיךְ. וּמִגּוֹ הַהוּא מָאנָא דְּאִתְלַבְּשַׁת בֵּיהּ חָמַאת דִּיוּקְנִין עִלָּאִין לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בִּיקָרָא דְּמָרֵיהוֹן.

And in every palace there are likenesses after the pattern of what is above, and likenesses after the pattern of what is below. And there the soul is clothed in garments after the pattern of this world, and takes its delight there for all that time it needs, until the time comes for it to ascend to the supernal place as is required. And from within that vestment in which it is clothed it sees supernal likenesses, to gaze upon the glory of their Master.

Segment 5ה׳

בְּהַאי הֵיכָלָא אִית נְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא. בְּנִשְׁמַתְהוֹן דְּאִנּוּן גִּיּוֹרִין דְּאִתְגַּיְירוּ קָיְימִין תַּמָּן וְעָאלִין תַּמָּן לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בִּיקָרָא עִלָּאָה וּמִתְלַבְּשָׁן תַּמָּן בִּלְבוּשָׁא חָדָא דִּנְהוֹרָא דְּנָהִיר וְלָא נָהִיר. וְהַהוּא הֵיכָלָא מַקְפָא מֵאֶבֶן טָבָא וְדַהֲבָא.

In this palace there are supernal lights to gaze upon. The souls of those proselytes who were converted stand there and enter there to gaze upon the supernal glory, and are clothed there in one garment of light that gives light and does not give light. And that palace is encompassed with precious stone and gold.

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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