זוהר, בשלח י״טZohar, Beshalach 19

Section 19 of 34 in Beshalach — 24 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות ט״ו:ו׳) יְמִינְךָ יְיָ' נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּצַפְרָא נָהִיר, וְאַיַּלְתָּא קַיְּימָא בְּקִיּוּמָהּ, אִתְעַבְּרַת בְּסִטְרָהָא, וְעָאלַת בְּמָאתָן הֵיכָלִין דְּמַלְכָּא. בַּר נָשׁ דְּאִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּפַלְגוּת לֵילְיָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְּעַר רוּחָא דְּצָפוֹן, (ס"א ותיאובתא דאילתא) וְכַאִיבַת אַיַּלָתָּא לְאִתְּעָרָא בְּעָלְמָא, אָתֵי עִמָּהּ לְקַיְּימָא קֹדֶם מַלְכָּא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּנָהִיר צַפְרָא (ס"א וההוא בר נש צלי צלותיה וליחד שמיה קדישא כדקא יאות) מַשְׁכִין עָלֵיהּ חַד חוּטָא דְּחֶסֶד. (ק"ל ע"ב)

THY RIGHT HAND, O LORD, GLORIFIED IN POWER. R. Simeon said: ‘In the hour when the morning breaks, the Hind (Shekinah) rises and starts from her place in order to enter the two hundred palaces of the King. When a man studies the Torah in solitude at midnight, at the hour when the north wind springs up and the Hind desires to be astir, he is taken with her into supernal realms, to appear before the King. When dawn brightens and he recites his prayers, and unifies the Holy Name in manner due, he is encircled with a thread of grace;

Segment 2ב׳

מִסְתַּכֵּל בִּרְקִיעָא, שַׁרְיָא עָלֵיהּ נְהִירוּ דְּסָכְלְתָנוּ דְּדַעְתָּא קַדִּישָׁא, וּמִתְעַטֵּר בֵּיהּ בַּר נָשׁ, וְדָחֲלִין מִנֵּיהּ כֹּלָּא. כְּדֵין הַאי בַּר נָשׁ אִקְרֵי בְּרָא לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בַּר הֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא. עָאל בְּכָל תַּרְעוֹי, לֵית דְּיִמְחֵי בִּידֵיהּ.

he looks into the firmament, and a light of holy knowledge rests upon him. As the man is thus adorned and shrouded with light all things tremble before him, for he is called the son of the Holy One, the son of the King’s Palace.

Segment 3ג׳

בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּקָרֵי לְהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא, עָלֵיהּ כְּתִיב, (תהילים קמ״ה:י״ח) קָרוֹב יְיָ' לְכָל קוֹרְאָיו לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָאוּהוּ בֶאֱמֶת. מַאי בֶאֱמֶת. כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא, (מיכה ז׳:כ׳) תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב, דְּיָדַע לְיַחֲדָא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא בִּצְלוֹתֵיהּ (נ"א בעלמא) כְּדְקָא יֵאוֹת. וְדָא פּוּלְחָנָא דְּמַלְכָּא (נ"א דשמא) קַדִּישָׁא.

Concerning him it is written, “The Lord is nigh to all who call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth” (Ps. 145, 18). The words “in truth” have the same significance as in the verse, “Thou wilt give truth to Jacob” (Micah 7, 20), “truth” here meaning the full knowledge which enables the worshipper perfectly to unite the letters of the Holy Name in prayer, which is indeed the true service of the Holy Name.

Segment 4ד׳

וּמַאן דְּיָדַע לְיַחֲדָא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא כְּדְקָא יֵאוֹת, אוֹקִים אוּמָא יְחִידָא בְּעָלְמָא, דִּכְתִּיב, (שמואל ב ז׳:כ״ג) וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ. וְעַל דָּא אוֹקִימְנָא, כָּל כֹּהֵן דְּלָא יָדַע לְיַחֲדָא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא כְּדְקָא יֵאוֹת, לָאו פּוּלְחָנִיהּ פּוּלְחָנָא. דְּהָא כֹּלָּא בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָא, פּוּלְחָנָא עִלָּאָה, וּפוּלְחָנָא תַּתָּאָה. וּבָעֵי לְכַוְּונָא לִבָּא וּרְעוּתָא, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבָּרְכוּן עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי.

He who knows how to unify thus the Holy Name establishes the one, the peculiar people in the world, as it is written: “And who is like thy people Israel, one people on earth? ” (2 Sam. 8, 23). Therefore it has been taught that a priest who knows not how to unify thus the Holy Name cannot perform proper service, for on the achievement of that unity hangs both celestial and terrestrial worship. The priest must, therefore, strive to concentrate heart and mind on the attainment of this unification, so that those above and those below may be blessed.

Segment 5ה׳

כְּתִיב (ישעיהו א׳:י״ב) כִּי תָבֹאוּ לֵרָאוֹת פָּנָי. כָּל בַּר נָשׁ דְּאָתֵי לְיַחֲדָא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְלָא אִתְכַּוָון בֵּיהּ בְּלִבָּא וּרְעוּתָא וּדְחִילוּ, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבָּרְכוּן בֵּיהּ עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, רָמָאן לֵיהּ צְלוֹתֵיהּ לְבַר, וְכֹלָּא מַכְרִיזֵי עָלֵיהּ לְבִישׁ. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קָרֵי עָלֵיהּ כִּי תָבֹאוּ לֵרָאוֹת פָּנָי.

And if a man comes to unify the Holy Name, but without proper concentration of mind and devotion of heart, to the end that the supernal and terrestrial hosts should be blessed thereby, then his prayer is rejected and all beings denounce him, and he is numbered with those of whom the Holy One said, “When ye come to see (reading lir’oth instead of leraoth) my countenance

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

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