זוהר, בשלח כ״חZohar, Beshalach 28

Section 28 of 34 in Beshalach — 56 segments

Segment 1א׳

[פרשת המן] (שמות ט״ז:ד׳) וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ' אֶל מֹשֶׁה הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר לָכֶם לֶחֶם מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים מ״א:ב׳) אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל דָּל בְּיוֹם רָעָה יְמַלְּטֵהוּ יְיָ'. הַאי קְרָא אוֹקִימְנָא לֵיהּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּבַר נָשׁ שָׁכִיב בְּבֵי מַרְעֵיהּ, הָא אִתְּפַס בְּאַטְרוֹנְיָא דְּמַלְכָּא, רֵישֵׁיהּ בְּקוּלְרָא, רַגְלוֹי בְּכוּפְסִירִין, (ס"א בטפסרא) כַּמָּה חֵילִין נַטְרִין לֵיהּ, מֵהַאי גִּיסָא, וּמֵהַאי גִּיסָא. שַׁיְיפוֹי כֻּלְּהוּ בְּדוֹחֲקָא, מַגִּיחִין אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין. מֵיכְלָא אִתְעָדֵי מִנֵּיהּ.

AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD I WILL RAIN BREAD FROM HEAVEN FOR YOU. R. Judah quoted here the verse: Blessed is he who considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble (Ps. 41, 2). ‘These words’, he said, ‘have been applied to a man who is lying dangerously ill. Such a one is a prisoner of the King-his neck yoked and his feet in chains. On either side warders keep guard over him. His limbs war with one another, and he is unable to eat.’

Segment 2ב׳

בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, פַּקְדִין עָלֵיהּ אַפּוֹטְרוֹפָא, לְמֵילַף עָלֵיהּ זְכוּת קָמֵי מַלְכָּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (איוב ל״ג:כ״ג) אִם יֵשׁ עָלָיו מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי אָלֶף. בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהּ דְּבַּר נָשׁ דְּעָאל עָלֵיהּ, וְאוֹלִיף לֵיהּ אָרְחָא, לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵיהּ מִן דִּינָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל דָּל.

But in his helplessness a guardian angel is appointed to watch over him and to intercede on his behalf before the King, recalling all his virtues and any good deed that he may have done. Happy is then the counsellor who teaches the afflicted one the way of life so that he may be delivered from judgement and be brought back to his Lord;

Segment 3ג׳

וְהֵיךָ יָכִיל לְשֵׁזָבָא לֵיהּ, לְמֵילַף לֵיהּ אָרְחוֹי דְּחַיֵּי, לְאָתָבָא לְקָמֵי מָארֵיהּ, כְּדֵין אִתְעָבִיד אַפּוֹטְרוֹפוֹסָא עָלֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא. מַאי אַגְרֵיהּ. בְּיוֹם רָעָה יְמַלְּטֵהוּ יְיָ'. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל דָּל, כַּמָּה תַּקִּיפָא אַגְרָא דְּמִסְכְּנָא, קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

he becomes an intercessor for him above. And what will be his reward? “The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble”.’

Segment 4ד׳

אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא, תָּוַוהְנָא עַל הַאי קְרָא דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים ס״ט:ל״ד) כִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ אֶל אֶבְיוֹנִים יְיָ', וְכִי אֶל אֶבְיוֹנִים שׁוֹמֵעַ וְלֹא לְאַחֲרָא. אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, בְּגִין דְּאִינּוּן קְרִיבִין יַתִּיר לְמַלְכָּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים נ״א:י״ט) לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלהִים לא תִבְזֶה. וְלֵית לָךְ בְּעָלְמָא, דְּאִיהוּ תָּבִיר לִבָּא כְּמִסְכְּנָא. תּוּ אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, תָּא חֲזֵי, כָּל אִינּוּן בְּנִי עָלְמָא, אִתְחַזְיָין קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּגוּפָא וְנַפְשָׁא, וּמִסְכְּנָא לָא אִתְחָזֵי אֶלָּא בְּנַפְשָׁא בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קָרִיב לְנַפְשָׁא יַתִּיר מִגּוּפָא.

R. Hiya said: ‘I have often wondered at the words, “For the Lord heareth the poor” (Ps. 69, 34). Does He then hear only the poor?’ R. Simeon replied: ‘These words signify that the poor are indeed nearer to the King than all others, for it is written, “a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise” (Ps. 51, 18) and no one in the world is so broken in heart as the poor man. Mark this! Most human beings appear before the Holy One in body and in soul, but the poor man presents himself before the Throne of the Most High in soul only, and the Holy One is nearer to the soul than to the body.’

Segment 5ה׳

מִסְכְּנָא חַד הֲוָה בִּשְׁבִבוּתֵיהּ דְּר' יֵיסָא, וְלָא הֲוָה מַאן דְּאַשְׁגַּח בֵּיהּ, וְהוּא הֲוָה אַכְסִיף, וְלָא תַּקִּיף בִּבְנֵי נָשָׁא, יוֹמָא חַד חָלַּשׁ, עָאל עָלֵיהּ רִבִּי יֵיסָא, שָׁמַע חַד קָלָא דְּאָמַר, טִילְקָא טִילְקָא, הָא נַפְשָׁא פַּרְחָא גַּבָּאי, וְלָא מָטוּ יוֹמוֹי. וַוי לִבְנִי מָתֵיהּ דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּהוּ דְּיָתִיב נַפְשֵׁיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ. קָם רִבִּי יֵיסָא, שַׁדֵּי בְּפוּמֵיהּ, מַיָּא דְּגַרְגְּרִין, אַפוּתָא דְּקוּנְטָא (ס"א דקופתא) אִתְבְּזַע זִיִעָא בְּאַנְפּוֹי, וְתָב רוּחֵיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ.

At one time there lived in the neighbourhood of R. Jesse a poor man of whom no one took any notice; and to beg he was ashamed. One day he fell ill, and R. Jesse went to visit him. And as he sat by the sick man’s bedside the Rabbi heard a voice saying: “Wheel, wheel, a soul is flying to me before its rightful time has come! Woe unto his fellow townsmen that none were found among them to sustain him, that he might live!” R. Jesse, having heard these words, stood up and put into the mouth of the sick man the water of a certain herb, bidding him drink; and this made him so to sweat that the illness left him and he recovered.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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