זוהר, בראשית ס״הZohar, Bereshit 65

Section 65 of 102 in Bereshit — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

הֵיכָלָא תִנְיָינָא כְּתִיב, (שמות כ״ד:י׳) וּכְעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטוֹהַר. הָכָא אִיהוּ הַהוּא רוּחָא דְּאִקְרֵי זֹהַר. וְקָיְימָא בְּחִוַּורְתָּא תָּדִיר. דְּלָא אִתְעָרְבוּ גְּוָונָיו בְּאָחֳרָא. וְאִיהוּ עֶצֶם דְּלָא אִשְׁתַּנֵּי לְעָלְמִין. דָּא לָאו אִיהוּ בְּאִתְגַּלְיָא הָכִי לְאִתְנַצְּצָא כְּאָחֳרָא. דָּא קָשֵׁי לְאִתְגַּלְּיָיא. כִּסְתִימוּ דְעֵינָא דְּכַד מִתְגַּלְגְּלָא אִזְדְּהַר וְנָצִיץ בְּגִלְגּוּלָא. וְדָא אוּף הָכִי. בְּגִין דְּכַד הַהוּא רוּחָא קַדְמָאָה סָלְקָא מְגַלְגֵּל בְּגִלְגּוּלָא וְגָלֵי לֵיהּ, וְאִתְקַּשַּׁר בַּהֲדֵיהּ בְּקִשּׁוּרָא דְּחִוַּורְתָּא דְעֵינָא גּוֹ גַּוָון אָחֳרָא דְּאִיהוּ דַּקִּיק מִינֵּיהּ דְּשָׁארֵי עֲלוֹי.

The second palace. It is written: “and like the substance of heaven for clearness” (Ex. 24, 10). Here is that spirit which is called Zohar (radiance). It abides always in whiteness, its colours never mingled with another, and it is a substance that never changes. This one is not revealed so as to sparkle like the other; this one is hard to disclose, like the closedness of the eye, which when it is turned radiates and sparkles in the turning. And so it is here too: for when that first spirit ascends, it turns it in its turning and discloses it, and is bound with it in the bond of the white of the eye, within another colour finer than itself, which rests upon it.

Segment 2ב׳

מִתְגַּלְגְּלָא רוּחָא דָא מִגּוֹ רוּחָא דִלְתַתָּא. נְהוֹרָא דִלְתַתָּא אַסְחַר לְגַלְגְּלָא (נ"א וגלגל) נְהוֹרָא דָא וְאִתְנְהִיר. וְלָא יָכִיל לְאִתְנַהֲרָא עַד דְּאֲחִיד תַּתָּאָה בֵּיהּ וְאִתְקַשַּׁר בַּהֲדֵיהּ וּכְדֵין אַנְהִיר. וְאָחִיד בִּנְהוֹרָא דִלְתַתָּא (ד"א ל"ג דהוה נהיר) דְּהוּא כָּלִיל וְלָא אִשְׁתַּנֵּי כְּלָל. אֶלָּא אִתְגַּלְיָא בְּגִינֵיהּ בְּגִלְגּוּלָא דִילֵיהּ.

This spirit is turned from within the spirit below. The light below circles to turn this light, and it is lit; and it cannot give light until the lower one takes hold of it and is bound with it, and then it gives light. And it takes hold of the light below, which is entire and does not change at all, but is disclosed on its account, in its turning.

Segment 3ג׳

וְכַד נְהוֹרָא דָא מִתְגַּלְגְּלָא נָטִיל נְהוֹרָא אָחֳרָא לִסְטַר שְׂמָאלָא וְאִתְגַּלְגְּלָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ וְאִסְתַּחַר עִמֵּיהּ. וְרָזָא דָא כְּתִיב, (שיר השירים ז׳:ב׳) חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ כְּמוֹ חֲלָאִים מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּן. זַכָּאָה אִיהוּ מָאן דְּיָדַע לְגַלָּאָה (נ"א לגלגלא) נְהוֹרִין.

And when this light is turned, it takes another light to the left side, and it is turned with it and circles with it. And this is the mystery of what is written: “The roundings of your thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman” (S. S. 7, 2). Happy is he who knows how to disclose the lights.

Segment 4ד׳

רוּחָא אָחֳרָא אִתְכְּלִיל בַּהֲדֵיהּ וְאִסְתַּחַר (ואנהיר) וְנָהִיר סַחֲרָנֵיהּ בְּגַוָון תִּכְלָא וְחִוָּור. הַהוּא חִוָּור אִתְקַשַּׁר בְּחִוָּור דָּא. וְהַהוּא תִּכְלָא אִתְקַשַּׁר בְּסוּמְקָא דִנְהוֹרָא תַּתָּאָה דְּלִסְטַר שְׂמָאלָא. וְאִתְכְּלִילוּ דָא בְּדָא וְהֲווּ חָד. וְאִקְרוּן עֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם. וְכָל מַה דִּלְתַתָּא וְהַהוּא הֵיכָלָא דִלְתַתָּא כֹּלָּא אִתְכְּלִיל הָכָא. וּבְגִין דְּכֹלָּא אִתְכְּלִיל הָכָא אִתְקְרֵי עֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם.

Another spirit is comprised with it, and circles, and shines round about it in a colour of blue and white. That white is bound with this white, and that blue is bound with the red of the lower light of the left side; and they are comprised one in the other and become one, and they are called the substance of heaven. And all that is below, and that palace below — all is comprised here; and because all is comprised here it is called the substance of heaven.

Segment 5ה׳

מִכְּלָלָא דִנְהוֹרִין אִלֵּין אִתְבְּרִיאוּ אִנּוּן שְׂרָפִים דְּשִׁית גַּדְפִין כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ישעיהו ו׳:ב׳) שְׂרָפִים עוֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לָאֶחָד. כֻּלְהוּ בְּשֵׁשׁ. בְּגִין דְּכֻלְהוּ מֵעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם. אִלֵּין אִנּוּן דְּאוֹקִידוּ לְאִנּוּן דְּלָא חַיְישֵׁי עַל יְקָרָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן. וְרָזָא דְאִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּתַגָּא חֲלָף. מָאן דְּקָארֵי וְתָנֵי שִׁית סִדְרֵי מִשְׁנָה דָּא הוּא מָאן דְּיָדַע לְסַדְּרָא וּלְקַשְּׁרָא קִשּׁוּרָא יִחוּדָא דְמָארֵיהּ כְּדְקָא יָאוֹת. אִלֵּין אִנּוּן דִּמְקַדְּשִׁין שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא דְמָארֵיהוֹן בְּכָל יוֹמָא תָּדִיר.

From the totality of these lights were created those Seraphim of six wings, as it says: “Above Him stood the Seraphim; each one had six wings” (Is. 6, 2). All of them are in six, because all of them are from the substance of heaven. These are they who burn those who take no care for the honour of their Master; and this is the mystery of “he who makes use of the crown passes away”. He who reads and repeats the six orders of the Mishnah — he it is who knows how to order and to tie the bond of his Master’s unification as is fitting. These are they who sanctify the Holy Name of their Master every day, continually.

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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