זוהר, אמור כ״אZohar, Emor 21

Section 21 of 51 in Emor — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

רעיא מהימנא (שמות כ"ה ע"א ולקחתם) (ויקרא כ״ב:ל״ב) וְלֹא תְּחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ'. פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לְקַדְּשָׁא לֵיהּ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, לְסַלְּקָא קְדוּשָׁתֵיהּ מִתַּתָּא לְעֵילָּא, כְּמָה דְּאִיהוּ קַדִּישָׁא לְעֵילָּא, עַד דְּסָלִיק קְדוּשָׁתֵיהּ לַאֲבָהָן וּבְנִין. וְרָזָא דָּא, וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. עֵילָּא בְּג' דַּרְגִּין. לְתַתָּא בְּג' דַּרְגִּין.

Ra'aya Meheimna. (Ex., folio 25a, “and you shall take.”) “And you shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel,” etc. (Lev. 22, 32). This precept is to sanctify Him every day, to raise His holiness from below upward, just as He is holy above, until His holiness ascends to the Fathers and to the sons. And this is the mystery of “and I will be hallowed among the children of Israel”: above and below. Above, in three grades; below, in three grades.

Segment 2ב׳

קְדוּשָּׁה, הָא אוֹקִימְנָא בְּכַמָּה דּוּכְתֵּי, אֲבָל כְּמָה דְּאִית קְדוּשָׁה לְעֵילָּא עַל כֹּלָּא, הָכִי אִית קְדוּשָּׁה בְּאֶמְצָּעִיתָא, קְדוּשָּׁה לְתַתָּא. וְכֹלָּא בְּרָזָא דִּלְתַתָּא (ס"א בתלתא), קְדוּשָּׁה דִּלְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא, בְּרָזָא חֲדָא. קְדוּשָּׁה בְּאֶמְצָּעִיתָא וּלְתַתָּא תְּלַת דַּרְגִּין דְּאִינּוּן חַד.

Sanctification: we have explained it in many places. But as there is sanctification above over all, so there is sanctification in the middle, and sanctification below; and all is in the mystery of what is below. The sanctification of the highest of the high, in one mystery; the sanctification in the middle and below, three grades which are one.

Segment 3ג׳

קָדוֹשׁ, אִיהוּ סְטַר עִלָּאָה, דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח רֵאשִׁיתָא לְכָל דַּרְגִּין. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיהוּ סְטָר טְמִירָא, וְאִקְרֵי קֹדֶשׁ. מִתַּמָּן אִתְפְּשָׁט פְּשִׁיטוּ, דְּנָהִיר בְּחַד שְׁבִילָא דְּקִיקָא טְמִירָא, גּוֹ אֶמְצָּעִיתָא. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְנְהִיר גּוֹ אֶמְצָּעִיתָא, כְּדֵין אִתְרְשִׁים חַד ו', דְּנָהִיר גּוֹ הַאי קֹדֶשׁ, וְאִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ. מֵהַאי נְהִירוּ אִתְפְּשַׁט פְּשִׁיטוּ לְתַתָּא, סוֹפָא דְּכָל דַּרְגִּין. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְנְהִיר בְּסוֹפָא, כְּדֵין אִתְרֵשִׁים בִּנְהִירוּ, חַד ה', וְאִקְרֵי קְדוּשָּׁה, וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא.

“Holy” is the supernal side, which is found to be the beginning of all grades; and although it is a hidden side, it is called “holiness”. From there a spreading spreads out, which shines in one thin hidden path, within the middle. Once it has shone within the middle, then one Vau is inscribed, which shines within this “holiness”, and it is called “holy”. From this shining a spreading spreads out below, the end of all grades. Once it has shone at the end, then there is inscribed in the shining one He, and it is called “sanctification”; and we have explained it.

Segment 4ד׳

וּמַה דְּאִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ, דְּהָא קֹדֶשׁ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, רָזָא דְּרֵאשִׁיתָא (ס"א דאיהו ראשיתא) דְּכֹלָּא, הוֹאִיל וּמִתַּמָּן אִשְׁתְּכַח, וְאִי הָכִי אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי לְעֵילָּא קָדוֹשׁ, דְּהָא תַּמָּן ו' לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח.

And why is it called “Holy, holy, holy”, when “holiness” is what would be required, the mystery of the beginning of all, since it is from there that it is found? And if so, why is that which is above called “holy”, seeing that there the Vau is not found?

Segment 5ה׳

אֶלָּא רָזָא הָכִי הוּא ודַּאי, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְקַדְּשֵׁי לְתַתָּא, כְּגַוְונָא דְּמַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי לְעֵילָּא, דִּכְתִּיב בְּהוּ, (ישעיהו ו׳:ג׳) וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה וְאָמַר קָדוֹשׁ. וְכֵיוָן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל קָא מְקַדְּשֵׁי, סַלְקֵי מִתַּתָּא לְעֵילָּא יְקָרָא עִלָּאָה, עַד דְּאִסְתְּלַּק ו' רָזָא דְּשָׁמַיִם עִלָּאִין לְעֵילָּא. כֵּיוָן דְּאִינּוּן שָׁמַיִם אִסְתְּלָקוּ לְעֵילָּא, נָהִיר הַהוּא קֹדֶשׁ בְּהוּ, וּכְדֵין אִקְרֵי לְעֵילָּא קָדוֹשׁ. וּלְבָתַר נָהִיר הַהוּא נְהִירוּ עִלָּאָה, עַל כּוּרְסְיָיא דְּאִיהוּ שָׁמַיִם. וְאִינּוּן שָׁמַיִם תַּיְיבִין לְדוּכְתַּיְיהוּ, וּמִתְיַישְּׁבוּ בֵּיהּ בְּהַהוּא נְהִירוּ, וּכְדֵין אִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ. לְבָתַר נָחִית הַהוּא נְהִירוּ, עַד דְּנָטִיל כֹּלָּא חַד צַּדִּיק עִלָּאָה, דַּרְגָּא יַקִּירָא לְקַדְּשָׁא כֹּלָּא לְתַתָּא. כֵּיוָן דְּאִיהוּ נָטִיל כֹּלָּא, כְּדֵין אִקְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ. וְדָא אִיהוּ רָזָא דְּכֹלָּא.

Rather, the mystery is assuredly thus. Israel sanctify below after the pattern of the supernal angels above, of whom it is written, “And one called to another, and said, Holy” (Isa. 6, 3). And once Israel sanctify, the supernal glory ascends from below upward, until the Vau ascends, the mystery of the supernal heavens above. Once those heavens have ascended above, that holiness shines in them, and then what is above is called “holy”. And afterwards that supernal shining shines upon the throne, which is heaven; and those heavens return to their place and are settled in that shining, and then it is called “holy”. Afterwards that shining descends, until one supernal Zaddik, a precious grade, takes it all, to sanctify all below. Once he takes it all, then he is called “holy”. And this is the mystery of all.

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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