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The Zohar · Bo

זוהר, בא ג׳Zohar, Bo 3

Section 3 of 17 in Bo — 38 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, הַשְׁתָּא אִית לְגַלָּאָה רָזִין, דְּאִינּוּן מִתְדַּבְּקִין לְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, מַה כְּתִיב בֹּא אֶל פַּרְעֹה, לֵךְ אֶל פַּרְעֹה מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, מַאי בֹּא. אֶלָּא, דְּעָיִיל לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִדָּרִין בָּתַר אִדָּרִין, לְגַבֵּי תַּנִּינָא חֲדָא עִלָּאָה תַּקִּיפָא, דְּכַמָּה דַּרְגִּין מִשְׁתַּלְשְׁלֵין מִנֵּיהּ. וּמַאן אִיהוּ. רָזָא דְּהַתַּנִּין הַגָּדוֹל.

R. Simeon continued: ‘It is now fitting to reveal mysteries connected with that which is above and that which is below. Why is it written here, “Come (bo) unto Pharaoh”? Ought it not rather to have said “go” (lekh)? It is to indicate that the Holy One, blessed be He, guided Moses through a labyrinth right into the abode of a certain supernal mighty dragon-that is to say, Egypt’s celestial representative- from whom many lesser dragons emanate.

Segment 2ב׳

וּמֹשֶׁה דָּחִיל מִנֵּיהּ, וְלָא קָרִיב אֶלָּא לְגַבֵּי אִינּוּן יְאוֹרִין, וְאִינּוּן דַּרְגִּין דִּילֵיהּ, אֲבָל לְגַבֵּיהּ דָּחִיל וְלָא קָרִיב, בְּגִין דְּחָמָא לֵיהּ מִשְׁתָּרִשׁ בְּשָׁרָשִׁין עִלָּאִין.

Moses was afraid to approach him, because his roots are in supernal regions, and he only approached his subsidiary streams.

Segment 3ג׳

כֵּיוָן דְּחָמָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דְּדָחִיל מֹשֶׁה, וּשְׁלִיחָן מְמָנָן אַחֲרָנִין לְעֵילָּא, לָא יַכְלִין לְקָרְבָא לְגַבֵּיהּ. אֲמַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, (יחזקאל כ״ט:ג׳) הִנְנִי עָלֶיךָ פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם הַתַּנִּים הַגָּדוֹל הָרוֹבֵץ בְּתוֹךְ יְאוֹרָיו. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִצְטְרִיךְ לְאַגָּחָא בֵּיהּ קְרָבָא, וְלֹא אַחֲרָא. כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר, אֲנִי ה', וְאוּקְמוּהָ רָזָא דְּחָכְמְתָא דְּהַתַּנִּים הַגָּדוֹל הָרוֹבֵץ בְּתוֹךְ יְאוֹרָיו לְאִינוּן מָארֵי מִדִּין, דְּיַדְעִין בְּרָזִין דְּמָארֵיהוֹן.

When the Holy One saw that Moses feared the dragon, and that none of the supernal messengers was able to overcome him, He proclaimed: “Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon (tanim) that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said: My river is my own, and I have made it for myself’ (Ezek. 29, 3). Yea, truly, the Lord Himself had to war against this dragon, and no lesser being. This is the mystery of the “great dragon” for those who are familiar with the esoteric lore.’

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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