The Zohar · Beshalach
זוהר, בשלח ל״דZohar, Beshalach 34
Section 34 of 34 in Beshalach — 2 segments
Segment 1א׳
תָּאנָא, וַיִּבֶן מֹשֶׁה מִזְבֵּחַ כְּמָה דַּאֲמֵינָא. וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ ה' נִסִּי. ה' נִסִּי מַמָּשׁ. אֲמַאי. בְּגִין דַּעֲמָלֵק נָטַל כָּל אִינּוּן דַּהֲווֹ גְּזִירִין, וְלָא אִתְפְּרָעוּ, וְגָזַר לוֹן וְשָׁדֵי לְהוּ לְעֵילָּא, וְאָמַר טוֹל מַה דְּאִתְרְעִית בֵּיהּ. בֵּיהּ שַׁעֲתָא מַה כְּתִיב. וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי יַד עַל כֵּס יָהּ מִלְחָמָה לַה' בַּעֲמָלֵק מִדֹּר דֹּר. מִדֹּר דֹּר חֲסֵרִין, מִדִּיּוּרִין דִּלְעֵילָּא, וּמִדִּיּוּרִין דִּלְתַתָּא.
It has been taught: “And Moses built an altar” — as I have said. “And he called the name of it Tetragrammaton Nissi”: Tetragrammaton Nissi, literally. Why? Because Amalek took all those who had been circumcised but whose flesh had not been uncovered, and cut them, and flung them upward, and said: Take what You delighted in. At that hour what is written? “And he said: The hand is upon the throne of the Lord: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” “From generation to generation” (mi-dor dor) is written defectively — from the dwellings above and from the dwellings below.
Segment 2ב׳
אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, בְּכָל דָּרָא וְדָרָא, בְּכָל דָּרִין דְּאַתְיָין לְעָלְמָא, לֵית לָךְ דָּר דְּלֵית בְּהוּ מֵהַהוּא זַרְעָא בִּישָׁא, וקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אֲגַח בְּהוּ קְרָבָא. (ר' יצחק אמר מדירותא דלתתא לדיורא דלעילא) וְעָלַיְיהוּ כְּתִיב (תהילים ק״ד:ל״ה) יִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאִים מִן הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ'. מִן הָאָרֶץ: בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין, וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. בֵּיהּ זִמְנָא כְּתִיב, בָּרְכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת ה' הַלְלוּיָהּ.
THE LORD WILL HAVE WAR WITH AMALEK FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. R. Judah said: There never was a generation of men, nor ever will be, in this world without this evil seed, and the Holy One, blessed be He, carries on His war against it. Of such it is written: “Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Hallelukah!” (Ps. 104, 35).’
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