The Zohar · Bereshit
זוהר, בראשית ס״אZohar, Bereshit 61
Section 61 of 102 in Bereshit — 16 segments
Segment 1א׳
כְּגַוְונָא דָא אִית לְאֶרֶץ עִלָּאָה. שִׁבְעָה מְדוֹרִין אִנּוּן לְעֵילָא דַּרְגָּא עַל דַּרְגָּא וּבְכֻלְהוֹ מְדוֹרִין מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין. הָכִי נָמֵי לְתַתָּא. וְכֹלָּא אָחִיד דָּא בְּדָא לְמֶהֱוֵי כֹּלָּא חָד. שִׁבְעָה מְדוֹרִין אִנּוּן לְעֵילָא. וְהָא אֶרֶץ עִלָּאָה אֲחִידַת לוֹן וְכֻלְהוּ קָיְימִין בָהּ. וּבְכֻלְהוֹן קָיְימָא תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. דַּרְגִּין פְּרִישָׁן דָּא מִן דָּא. וְאַתְרִין פְּרִישָׁן דָּא מִן דָּא:
In this same fashion it is with the supernal earth. There are seven abodes above, grade upon grade, and in all those abodes are supernal angels, these above those. So too below. And all are joined one to another, so that all should be one. There are seven abodes above, and the supernal earth holds them, and they all stand in her. And in all of them stands the praise of the Holy One, blessed be He: grades separated one from another, and places separated one from another.
Segment 2ב׳
מָדוֹרָא קַדְמָאָה לְתַתָּא הוּא אֲתַר בֵּי חָשׁוּךְ דְּלָא נָהִיר. וְהוּא מִתְתַּקַּן לְמָדוֹרֵי רוּחֵי וְקַסְטִירֵי וְעִלְעוּלֵי תַּקִּיפִין דְּלָא אִתְחַזְיָין. וְלָא אִית בֵּיהּ נְהוֹרָא וְלָא חֲשׁוֹכָא וְלָא דִיוּקְנָא כְּלַל. וְתַמָּן לָא יָדְעִין בֵּיהּ יְדִיעָא כְּלָל דְּלָאו בֵּיהּ צוּרָה גוֹ כְּלַל כּוּרְסְיָיא (סורטא).
The first abode below is a place of darkness that does not give light. It is prepared as a dwelling for spirits and blasts and mighty whirlwinds that are not seen. There is in it neither light nor darkness nor any form at all. And there they have no knowledge of it at all, for there is no shape in it within the whole compass of the throne.
Segment 3ג׳
וְעַל הַהוּא אֲתַר מְמַנָּא חַד מַלְאָכָא טַהֲרִיאֵל שְׁמֵיהּ. וְעִמֵּיהּ שִׁבְעִין מְמַנָּן מְעוֹפְפִין. וְאִתְמַחוּן מַזִּיקֵי שְׁבִיבִין (דעלייהו) וְלָא קַיָּימִין וְלָא אִתְחַזּוּן וְלָא מִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי. וְכַד אָתֵי צַפְרָא כֻּלְּהוּ (יט א) מִתְחַדְּשָׁן וְלָא קָיְימֵי. כַּד מָטָאן לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא (דהאי) אֲתַר אָבְדִין וְלָא מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין וְעָאלִין בְּחַד נוּקְבָא דִּתְהוֹמָא וְלָא אִתְחַזּוּן. כַּד אִתְרְמִישׁ לֵילְיָא אִתְמַחוּן מֵאִנּוּן שְׁבִיבִין עַד דְּמָטֵי צַפְרָא:
And over that place one angel is appointed, Tahariel by name. And with him are seventy appointed ones that fly. And the demons of sparks are struck away, and they do not stand, and are not seen, and are not found. And when the morning comes they are all renewed, and do not stand. When they reach that place they perish and are not found, and they enter a cleft of the abyss and are not seen. When night falls they are struck away by those sparks, until the morning comes.
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