זוהר, חקת ז׳Zohar, Chukat 7

Section 7 of 12 in Chukat — 4 segments

Segment 1א׳

הוֹלֵךְ אֶל דָּרוֹם וְסוֹבֵב אֶל צָפוֹן, הַיְינוּ דִּכְתִּיב, (דברים לג) מִימִינוֹ אֵשׁ דָּת לָמוֹ. יְמִינוֹ, זֶה דָּרוֹם. אֵשׁ דָּת, דָּא צָפוֹן. וְדָא כָּלִיל בְּדָא.

“It goes toward the south, and turns about to the north”: this is what is written, “At His right hand was a fiery law for them” (Deut. 33). “His right hand”, this is the south; “a fiery law”, this is the north. And the one is comprised within the other.

Segment 2ב׳

סוֹבֵב סוֹבֵב הוֹלֵךְ הָרוּחַ, הַאי קְרָא קַשְׁיָא, סוֹבֵב סוֹבֵב הוֹלֵךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, מַאי הוֹלֵךְ הָרוּחַ. מַאן רוּחָא דָּא, דָּא הוּא תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, דְּאִקְרֵי רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ. וְדָא (הוא) רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ וְסוֹבֵב לְאִלֵּין תְּרֵין סִטְרִין לְאִתְחַבְּרָא בְּגוּפָא. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב הָרוּחַ, הַהוּא דְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ סְתָם, דְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע (ס"א לאתחברא בגופא דאיהו שמשא ההוא דאשתמודע) חוּלָקָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.

“Turning about, turning about goes the wind”. This verse presents a difficulty: it should have said, “turning about, turning about goes the sun”. What is “goes the wind”? Which wind is this? This is that which is “under the sun”, which is called the holy spirit. And this spirit goes and turns about to these two sides, to be joined with the body. And therefore it is written “the wind”, the one that is known; “the sun” without further definition, which is known as the portion of Israel.

Segment 3ג׳

וְעַל סְבִיבוֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ, מַאן סְבִיבוֹתָיו. אִלֵּין אֲבָהָן, דְּאִינּוּן רְתִיכָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְאִינּוּן תְּלַת, וְדָוִד וְד' רוּחֵי דְּאִתְחַבְּרָן בְּהוּ (ס"י ודא רוחא דאתחברא בהו) (ס"א ודוד דא הוא רוחא רביעאה, דאתחבר בהו) הָא אִינּוּן רְתִיכָא קַדִּישָׁא שְׁלֵימָתָא, וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, (תהילים קי״ח:כ״ב) אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.

“And the wind returns again upon its circuits”. What are “its circuits”? These are the patriarchs, who are the holy Chariot, and they are three; and David, four spirits that are joined in them. These, then, are the complete holy Chariot. And therefore it is written, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone” (Ps. 118, 22).

Segment 4ד׳

בְּגִין דְּכָל מִלּוֹי דִּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא סְתִימִין כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחָכְמְתָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ לְגוֹ בְּגוֹ דְּהֵיכָלָא קַדִּישָׁא, וּבְנֵי נָשָׁא לָא מִסְתַּכְּלֵי בְּהוּ, וְחָמָאן מִלּוֹי כְּמִלִּין דְּבַּר נָשׁ אַחֲרָא. אִי הָכִי, מַה שְׁבָחָא הוּא לִשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא בְּחָכְמָתֵיהּ, מִשְּׁאַר בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי כָּל מִלָּה וּמִלָּה דִּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא סָתִים בְּחָכְמְתָא.

For all the words of King Solomon are hidden, all of them, in wisdom, and they are all within, in the innermost part of the holy palace, and men do not look into them but see his words as the words of any other man. If so, what praise is there for King Solomon in his wisdom above the rest of men? But assuredly every single word of King Solomon is hidden in wisdom.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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