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זוהר, בראשית ס״וZohar, Bereshit 66

Section 66 of 102 in Bereshit — 18 segments

Segment 1א׳

הֵיכָלָא תְלִיתָאָה. הֵיכָלָא דָא אִיהוּ הֵיכָלָא דְּהַהוּא רוּחָא דְּאִקְרֵי נֹגַהּ, רוּחָא דָא אִיהוּ דַכְיָיא בָּרִיר מִכֻּלְהוּ. לֵית לֵיהּ גַּוָּון דְּאִתְחַזֵּי בֵּיהּ לָאו חִוַּור וְלָאו יָרוֹק וְלָאו אוּכָם וְלָא סוּמָק. וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִקְרֵי טוֹהַר. דַּכְיָיא בְּרִירָא מִכָּל אִלֵּין תַּתָּאִין. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיהוּ דַּכְיָיא מִכֹּלָּא, לָא אִתְחַזֵּי עַד דְּאִלֵּין תַּתָּאֵי מִתְגַּלְגְּלָן וְאֲחִידָן (נ"א וכראן) בֵּיהּ וְעָאלִין בְּגַוִּיהּ (נ"א ביה). כֵּיוָן דְּעָאלִין בְּגַוֵּיהּ כְּדֵין אַחֲזֵי נְהוֹרֵיהּ וְלָא גַּוָון חַד מִכֻּלְהוּ.

The third palace. This palace is the palace of that spirit which is called Nogah (brightness). This spirit is pure, clearer than them all: it has no colour that can be seen in it — not white, not green, not black, not red — and therefore it is called Tohar (purity), pure and clear of all these lower ones. And although it is purer than all, it is not seen until these lower ones revolve and take hold of it and enter within it. Once they have entered within it, then it shows its light, and not one colour of them all.

Segment 2ב׳

כַּד אִשְׁתְּלִים הַאי רוּחָא מִכֻּלְהוּ תַּתָּאֵי, אַפִּיק מִנֵּיהּ נְהוֹרָא דְּכָלִיל בִּתְלַת נְהוֹרִין. אִנּוּן תְּרֵין נְהוֹרִין סָלְקִין וְנָחֲתִין וְנָצְצִין. בְּהַהוּא נִצּוֹצָא אִתְחַזּוּן עֶשְׂרִין וּתְרֵין נְהוֹרִין מְשַׁנְיָין דָּא מִן דָּא וְכֻלְהוּ חַד נְהוֹרָא. וְעָאלִין בְּגוֹ הַהוּא חַד נְהוֹרָא. וְהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא כָּלִיל לוֹן.

When this spirit is made complete from all those below, it brings forth from itself a light comprising three lights. Those two lights ascend and descend and flash. In that flashing there appear twenty-two lights, differing one from another, and all of them one light; and they enter within that one light, and that light comprises them.

Segment 3ג׳

וְלָא נָהִיר, בַּר בְּזִמְנָא דְּאִלֵּין נְהוֹרִין דִּלְתַתָּא סָלְקִין וְהַהוּא רְעוּתָא דִּצְלוֹתָא נָטִיל לְכֻלְהוּ. כְּדֵין הַהוּא נְהוֹרָא נָפִיק מִגּוֹ הַהוּא רוּחָא. אִתְנְהִיר הַהוּא נְהוֹרָא וְאַפִּיק אִלֵּין תְּרֵין נְהוֹרִין נָצְצִין וְאִתְחַזּוּן כְּחוּשְׁבַּן כ"ב אַתְוָון דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. לְבָתַר מִתְהַדְּרִין וּכְלִילָן בְּהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא.

And it does not shine, except at the time when these lights below ascend and the will of prayer takes them all up. Then that light goes forth from within that spirit; that light is kindled and brings forth these two flashing lights, and they appear as the number of the twenty-two letters of the Torah. Afterwards they return and are comprised within that light.

…and 13 more segments in this section.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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