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זוהר, בא י״זZohar, Bo 17

Section 17 of 17 in Bo — 16 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות י״ג:ט״ז) וְהָיָה לְאוֹת עַל יָדְכָה וּלְטוֹטָפוֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ וְגוֹ' (בהר ק"ח ע"ב ובמשנה) (ח) פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, פִּקּוּדָא דְּאִקְרֵי בְּגַוְונָא אַחֲרָא, דְּלָא אִקְרֵי מִצְוָה, אֶלָּא קְדוּשָׁה, וְאִלֵּין אִינּוּן תְּפִילִין. תְּפִלָּה שֶׁל יַד, וּתְפִלָּה שֶׁל רֹאשׁ. תִּקּוּנָא פְּאֵרָא שַׁפִּירוּ דִּגְוָונִין עִלָּאִין. וְעַל דָּא אִקְרוּן טוֹטָפוֹת, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (ישעיהו מ״ט:ג׳) יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר.

AND IT SHALL BE FOR A TOKEN UPON THINE HAND AND FOR FRONTLETS BETWEEN THINE EYES. This commandment has also another significance besides being a Divine ordinance, for the phylacteries are signs and means of sanctification, symbols of the beauty of the supernal colours.

Segment 2ב׳

וּכְתִיב (הושע י״א:א׳) כִּי נַעַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וָאֹהֲבֵהוּ, יִשְׂרָאֵל זוּטָא. שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, יִשְׂרָאֵל סָבָא, שַׁפִּירוּ דִּגְוָונִין, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. יוֹסֵף סָלִיק וְאִתְעַטָּר בִּתְרֵין גַּוְונִין (נ"א דרגין) בְּקַדְמִיתָא נַעַ"ר, וּבְסוֹפָא צַדִּי"ק. כַּמָּה יָאַן בֵּיהּ גַּוְונִין לְמֵחזֵי, וְרָזָא דָּא (בראשית ל״ט:ו׳) וַיְהִי יוֹסֵף יְפֵה תֹאַר וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה. שַׁפִּירָא בִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין, בִּתְרֵין דַּרְגִּין, בִּתְרֵין גַּוְונִין, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא.

And it is written, “For Israel is a youth, and I loved him” (Hos. 11, 1) — the lesser Israel. “Hear, O Israel” — Ancient Israel: the beauty of the colours, above and below. Joseph ascended and was crowned with two colours: at first “Youth”, and at the end Zaddik. How fair are the colours in him to look upon! And this is the mystery of “And Joseph was of beautiful form and fair to look upon” (Gen. 39, 6) — beautiful on two sides, in two grades, in two colours, above and below.

Segment 3ג׳

כְּתִיב (דברים ו׳:י״ח) וְעָשִׂיתָ הַיָּשָׁר וְהַטּוֹב. הַיָּשָׁר: דָּא תְּפִלָּה שֶׁל יַד, לְאַמְשָׁכָא (ס"א לאסמכא) לֵיהּ בִּתְפִילִין שֶׁל רֹאשׁ, לְאִתְיַחֲדָא כַּחֲדָא. וּתְפִלָּה שֶׁל יַד, אַקְדִּים לְשֶׁל רֹאשׁ. וְאִצְטְרִיךְ דְּלָא הֲוֵי פִּרוּדָא בֵּינַיְיהוּ כְּלָל.

It is written: “And thou shalt do that what is right and good.” “Right” here indicates the phylactery of the hand, which has to be supplemented by and joined with the phylactery of the forehead.

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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