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זוהר, בראשית ע״אZohar, Bereshit 71

Section 71 of 102 in Bereshit — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד. וַיְהִי עֶרֶב מִסִּטְרָא דְחשֶׁךְ, וַיְהִי בֹקֶר מִסִּטְרָא דְאוֹר, וּמִגּוֹ דְּאִנּוּן מִשְׁתַּתְּפֵי כְּחֲדָא כְּתִיב יוֹם אֶחָד. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמַר מַאי טַעֲמָא בְּכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא כְּתִיב וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר. לְמִנְדַע דְּהָא לֵית יוֹם בְּלָא לַיְלָה וְלֵית לַיְלָה בְּלָא יוֹם וְלָא אִבְעוּן לְאִתְפְּרָשָׁא.

AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING, ONE DAY: evening from the side of darkness and morning from the side of light; and because they are joined together, the Scripture speaks of “one day”. R. Judah said: ‘The reason why it is written “and there was evening and there was morning” for each day is to show that there is no day without night and no night without day, and the two cannot be separated.’

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַהוּא יוֹם דְּנָפַק אוֹר קַדְמָאָה אִתְפְּשַׁט בְּכֻלְהוּ יוֹמֵי, דִּכְתִיב בְּכֻלְהוּ יוֹם. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר מַשְׁמַע דִּכְתִיב בְּכֻלְהוּ בֹּקֶר, וְלָאו בֹּקֶר אֶלָא מִסִּטְרָא דְאוֹר קַדְמָאָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר יוֹמָא קַדְמָאָה אָזִיל עִם כֻּלְהוּ וְכֻלְהוּ בֵּיהּ, בְּגִין לְאַחֲזָאָה דְּלָאו בְּהוּ פִּירוּדָא וְכֹלָּא חַד.

R. Jose said: ‘The day in which the primal light emerged extended into all the other days; hence the word “day” is repeated with all of them.’ R. Eleazar said: ‘We learn this from the fact that the term “morning” is used in connection with all of them, and “morning” proceeds only from the side of the primal light.’ R. Simeon said: ‘The first day accompanies all the others, and all are embraced in it, to show that there is no break between them and they all merge into one another.’

Segment 3ג׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלהִים יְהִי אוֹר, יְהִי (ד"א ל"גאור) אִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא דְהַאי אוֹר לְתַתָּא, וְאִלֵּין אִנּוּן מַלְאָכִין דְּאִתְבְּרִיאוּ בְּיוֹמָא קַדְמָאָה אִית לוֹן קִיּוּמָא לְאִתְקַיְימָא לִסְטַר יָמִינָא. וַיַּרְא אֱלהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב. אֶת לְאִתְכְּלָלָא אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָאָה דְּלָא נָהֲרָא עִם אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָאָה דְּנָהֲרָא דְּאִתְּמָר (ד"א ביה) כִּי טוֹב. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אֶת לְאִתְכְּלָלָא (ד"א לאכללא) וּלְאַסְגָּאָה כֻּלְהוּ מַלְאָכִין דְּאַתְיָין מִסִּטְרָא דְּאוֹר דָּא, וְכֻלְהוֹן נָהֲרִין כְּקַדְמִיתָא בְּקִיּוּמָא שְׁלִים:

Another explanation of the words “let there be light” is: “let there be an extending of this light downwards, to form the angels, who were created on the first day, and who have permanent existence on the right side.” Further, the word eth in the fourth verse may be taken to indicate that the “unclear mirror” was created along with the “clear mirror”. R. Eleazar says that it points to the creation of all the angels, who proceed from the side of light and who all continue to shine as brightly as at first.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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