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זוהר, בשלח ל״בZohar, Beshalach 32

Section 32 of 34 in Beshalach — 39 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות י״ז:ח׳) וַיָּבֹא עֲמָלֵק וַיִּלָּחֶם עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּרְפִידִים. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, (ישעיהו ל״ב:כ׳) (ו' ע"א) אַשְׁרֵיכֶם זוֹרְעֵי עַל כָּל מָיִם מְשַׁלְּחֵי רֶגֶל הַשּׁוֹר וְהַחֲמוֹר. אַשְׁרֵיכֶם זוֹרְעֵי עַל כָּל מָיִם, תַּמָּן תָּנִינָן, כַּמָּה מַיִם וְכַמָּה מַיִם מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין. זַכָּאִין אִינּוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּלֵית זַרְעָא לְהוּ, אֶלָּא עַל הַמַּיִם, דִּכְתִּיב וְיַּחֲנוּ שָׁם עַל הַמָּיִם, אִינּוּן דַּהֲווֹ תְּחוֹת עַנְפֵי אִילָנָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

R. Jose quoted in connection with this the following verse: Blessed are ye that sow beside att waters, that sendforth thither the feet of the ox and the ass (Isa. 32, 20). ‘Water’, he said, ‘has many symbolic meanings: there are many kinds of water. Blessed are the Israelites who “sow beside the water”-the water which is under the branches of the Holy One’s Tree.

Segment 2ב׳

דְּתַנְיָא, אִילָנָא אִית לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְהוּא אִילָנָא רַבְרְבָא וְתַקִּיפָא, וּבֵיהּ אִשְׁתְּכַח מְזוֹנָא לְכֹלָּא. וְהוּא אִתְּחַם בִּתְרֵיסַר תְּחוּמִין, בְּמַתְקְלָא, וְאִתְתַּקַּף בְּאַרְבַּע רוּחֵי עָלְמָא. וְע' עַנְפִּין אֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ וְיִשְׂרָאֵל מִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי בְּגוּפָא דְּהַהוּא אִילָנָא. וְאִינּוּן שִׁבְעִין עַנְפִּין סַחֲרָנָא דִּלְהוֹן.

This Tree is encompassed by twelve frontiers and adjoins all four sides of the world, and has seventy branches, and Israel is in the “body” of the Tree, and the seventy branches encompass her.

Segment 3ג׳

וְהַיְינוּ דִּכְתִּיב, וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלִימָה וְשָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה עֵינוֹת מַיִם וְשִׁבְעִים תְּמָרִים, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ, וְאִתְּמַר בְּכַמָּה אֲתָר. מַאי וְיַּחֲנוּ שָׁם עַל הַמָּיִם. אֶלָּא בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, שָׁלִיטוּ עַל אִינּוּן מַיָּא, דְּאִינּוּן תְּחוֹת עַנְפִּין דְּאִילָנָא, דְּאִקְרוּן (תהילים קכ״ד:ה׳) הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים. וְעַל דָּא אַשְׁרֵיכֶם זוֹרְעֵי עַל כָּל מָיִם.

This is symbolized by the “twelve wells of water and the threescore and ten palm trees”, as we have often explained. But what do the words “and they encamped there by the water” signify? This. At that time the Israelites had control over the waters which are under the branches of that Tree, those which are called “the insolent waters,’ (Ps. 124, 5). And this is the meaning of the words, “blessed are ye that sow beside all waters”.

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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