זוהר, אמור י״בZohar, Emor 12

Segment 1א׳

רעיא מהימנא כִּי אִם בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה, פָּתַח רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא וְאָמַר, פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לְמֵיסַב כַּהֲנָא רַבָּא בְּתוּלְתָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וַחֲלָלָה זוֹנָה אֶת אֵלֶּה לֹא יִקָּח כִּי אִם בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה. וַאֲמַאי בָּעֵינָן דְּלָא יִסַּב אֶלָּא בְּתוּלְתָא בְּלָא פְּגִימוּ. אֶלָּא, אִתְּתָא אִיהִי כּוֹס דִּבְרָכָה, טָעֲמוּ פְּגָמוֹ. וְכַהֲנָא דְּקָרִיב קָרְבְּנָא קֳדָם יְיָ', בָּעֵי דְּלִהֱוִי אִיהוּ שְׁלִים, בְּלָא פְּגִימוּ, שְׁלִים בְּאֵבָרוֹי בְּלָא פְּגִימוּ, דְּמוּמִין פַּסְלִין בְּכַהֲנַיָא. שְׁלִים בְּגוּפֵיהּ, שְׁלִים בְּנוּקְבֵיהּ, לְקַיְּימָא בֵּיהּ, (שיר השירים ד׳:ז׳) כֻּלָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי וּמוּם אֵין בָּךְ.

Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). “But a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.” The Faithful Shepherd opened and said: This precept is for the High Priest to take a virgin, as it is written, “A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.” And why do we require that he take none but a virgin without blemish? Because a woman is a cup of blessing, and one who has tasted of it has blemished it. And the priest who offers the offering before the Lord must himself be whole, without blemish: whole in his limbs, without blemish, for blemishes disqualify priests; whole in his body, whole in his wife, so that there may be fulfilled in him, “You are all fair, my love, and there is no spot in you” (S.S. 4, 7).

Segment 2ב׳

דְּקָרְבְּנָא מִנְחָה אִיהוּ, וּצְּרִיכִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁלַח מִנְחָתָא דִּלְהוֹן לְמַלְכָּא, בִּגְבַר (בגוף) שְׁלִים. דְּאִינּוּן בְּהִפּוּכָא דְּסִטְרָא אָחֳרָא, דְּהָא בְּיַד אִישׁ עִתִּי פָּגִים, הֲווֹ שַׁלְחִין לֵיהּ דּוֹרֹנָא, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא ט״ז:ח׳) גּוֹרָל אֶחָד לַיְיָ' וְגוֹרָל אֶחָד לַעֲזָאזִל. דֶּאֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים כֻּלְּהוּ פְּגִימִין מִסִּטְרָא דְּצָּפוֹן וְהָכִי רוּבָּא דְּבָתֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הֵם פְּגִימִין, בְּנוּקְבָּא דִּלְהוֹן, חוּרְבָא, לִילִית, פְּגִימוּתָא וְכוּ'.

For the offering is a meal-offering, and Israel must send their meal-offering to the King by a whole man (in the body), for they are the reverse of the other side: it was by the hand of a blemished man appointed for the time that they used to send it its gift, as it is written, “one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel” (Lev. 16, 8). For the other gods are all blemished, from the north side; and so most of the houses of idolatry are blemished, and in their female, desolation, Lilith, blemish, and so forth.

Segment 3ג׳

(ס"א ורעיא מהימנא) אִיהוּ ו' מָלֵּא וְאִיהוּ בְּסִדוּרָא דָּא יְה"וּ. ה' בַּתְרָאָה, כּוֹס מָלֵּא בִּרְכַּת ה', מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא וּמִסִּטְרָא דִּגְבוּרָה דְּאִיהוּ דִּינָא, שְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְקְרִיאַת הוי"ה, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ט׳:ג׳) הִנֵּה יַ"ד יְדוָֹ"ד הוֹיָה בְּמִקְנְךָ אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה. קָם רַעְיָא מְהֵימְנָא, וְאִשְׁתְּטַח קַמֵּיהּ. וְאָמַר זַכָּאָה חוּלָקִי דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא דְּמָארֵי (ומטרוניתא) אִינְהוּ בְּעֶזְרִי. (ע"כ רעיא מהימנא)

He is a full Vau, and He is in this order: Yod-He-Vau. The last He is a cup full of the blessing of the Lord, from the side of the right and from the side of gevurah (might), which is judgement. The Shekinah is called by the Tetragrammaton. That is what is written, “Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon your cattle which are in the field” (Ex. 9, 3). The Faithful Shepherd rose and prostrated himself before him, and said: Happy is my portion, that the Matrona and my Master are my help. (End of Ra'aya Meheimna)