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זוהר, אמור מ״דZohar, Emor 44

Section 44 of 51 in Emor — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

(ויקרא כ״ג:מ׳) וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן וְגוֹ', רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח, (ישעיהו מ״ג:ז׳) כֹּל הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְלִכְבוֹדִי בְּרָאתִיו יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו. כֹּל הַנִּקְרָא בִשְׁמִי, דָּא אָדָם, דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּרָא לֵיהּ בִּשְׁמֵיהּ (נ"א בדיוקניה), דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית א׳:כ״ז) וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ. וְקָרָא לֵיהּ בִּשְׁמֵיהּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאַפִּיק קְשׁוֹט וְדִינָא בְּעָלְמָא, וְאִקְרֵי אֱלֹהִים, דִּכְתִּיב, (שמות כ״ב:כ״ז) אֱלֹהִים לֹא תְּקַלֵּל.

R. Simeon quoted here the verse: “Every one that is called by my name, for my glory I have created him, I have formed him, yea I have made him” (Isa. 63, 7). ‘ “Every one that is called by my name”: this is man whom God has created in His likeness and whom He calls by His own name when he does truth and justice, as it is written, “Thou shalt not revile the judges” (Elohim, Ex. 22, 28).

Segment 2ב׳

קְרָא לֵיהּ בִּשְׁמֵיהּ, דִּכְתִּיב וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ וְשַׁפִּיר. הָא אוֹקִימְנָא, דִּכְתִּיב נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּזִוּוּגָא אִתְּמַר. וְכַךְ הוּא בְּזִוּוּגָא דְּתַרְוַיְיהוּ, בְּצֶלֶם וּדְמוּת. וְאָדָם מִדְּכָר וְנוּקְבָּא נָפַק.

“I have formed him, yea I have made him”: as has been explained, the words “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” refer to the time of wedlock, namely, the union of “image” and “likeness”, so that man issued from Male and Female.

Segment 3ג׳

וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ, בְּסִפְרָא דִּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא אַשְׁכַּחְנָא, דִּבְשַׁעֲתָא דְּזִוּוּגָא אִשְׁתְּכַח לְתַתָּא, שָׁדַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חַד דִּיּוּקְנָא כְּפַרְצוּפָא דְּבַּר נָשׁ, רְשִׁימָא חֲקִיקָא בְּצוּלְמָא, וְקַיְּימָא עַל הַהוּא זִוּוּגָא. וְאִלְמָלֵא אִתְיְיהִיב רְשׁוּ לְעֵינָא לְמֵחֱזֵי, חָמֵי בַּר נָשׁ עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ חַד צוּלְמָא, רְשִׁימָא כְּפַרְצוּפָא דְּבַּר נָשׁ, וּבְהַהוּא צוּלְמָא אִתְבְּרֵי בַּר נָשׁ, וְעַד דְּקַיְּימָא (ס"א ועד לא קיימא) הַהוּא צוּלְמָא דְּשָׁדַר לֵיהּ מָארֵיהּ עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, וְיִשְׁתְּכַּח תַּמָּן, לָא אִתְבְּרֵי בַּר נָשׁ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ.

In the Book of King Solomon it is written that at the hour of wedded union on earth, God sends a certain form with the figure of a human being which hovers over the union, and if a man’s eye were capable of such a thing it would see such a form over his head.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)