The Zohar · Emor
זוהר, אמור מ״טZohar, Emor 49
Section 49 of 51 in Emor — 15 segments
Segment 1א׳
(ויקרא כ״ד:ט״ו) וְאֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדַבֵּר לֵאמֹר אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי יְקַלֵּל אֱלֹהָיו וְנָשָׂא חֶטְאוֹ. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמַר, הָא אוּקְמוּהָ. אֲבָל כִּי יְקַלֵּל אֱלֹהָיו סָתִים. וּבְגִין דְּאָמַר אֱלֹהָיו סְתָם, לְכַךְ וְנָשָׂא חֶטְאוֹ. דְּהָא לָא יַדְעֵינָן מַאן הוּא אֱלֹהָיו, מַאן דַּחֲלָא דִּילֵיהּ, אִי אֶחָד מִן הַשָּׂרִים, אוֹ חַד מִן כֹּכְבַיָּיא, אוֹ חַד מִדַּבַרֵי עָלְמָא.
AND YOU SHALL SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, WHOEVER CURSES HIS GOD SHALL BEAR HIS SIN (Lev. 24, 15). R. Judah said: This has been explained. But “whoever curses his God” is left unspecified; and because it says “his God” without qualification, therefore “he shall bear his sin”. For we do not know who his god is, who it is that he reveres: whether one of the princes, or one of the stars, or one of the rulers of the world.
Segment 2ב׳
אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, אִי צַדִּיק גָּמוּר הוּא, לָא יִתְעַר (ס"א מלה) חֵילֵיהוֹן, וְכֵיוָן דְּאִתְעַר מִלָּה דָּא, חַיְישִׁינָן מִינוּת אִזְדְּרִיקַת בֵּיהּ, וְלָא יְמוּת (ס"א אמר רבי יוסי, אפילו צדיק גמור לא ימות) עַל דָּא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ מִלָּה סָתִים.
R. Jose said: If he is a wholly righteous man, he will not awaken their powers; and once this matter has been awakened, we suspect that heresy has been cast into him. And he is not put to death for this, because it is a matter left unspecified.
Segment 3ג׳
רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמַר, דָּאִין לֵיהּ לְטָב בְּהָא, דְּאִי אָמַר אֱלֹהַי, יָכִיל לְמִטְעָן אֱלֹהַי דְּהֲוָה עַד הַשְּׁתָּא, דְּאִתְמַשְׁכְּנָא אֲבַתְרֵיהּ בְּלִבָּאִי, וְהַשְׁתָּא אַהֲדַרְנָא לָקֳבְלָא מְהֵימְנוּתָא עִלָּאָה. אֲבָל אִי אָמַר יְיָ' אֱלֹהִים, אוֹ יְיָ', וְנָקִיב לֵיהּ בִּשְׁמָא, הַאי לֵית לֵיהּ לְמִטְעָן בְּהַאי, בְּגִין דְּדָא הוּא מְהֵימְנוּתָא דְּכֹלָּא, וְכָל אָת וְאָת (צ"ב ע"ב) דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא דָּא, סַלְּקָא לִשְׁמָא שְׁלֵימָא. (ס"א לשבחא)
R. Judah said: He judges him favourably in this. For if he said “my god”, he can plead: my god that was until now, after whom I was drawn in my heart; and now I have returned to receive the supernal faith. But if he said “the Lord God”, or “the Lord”, and pronounced Him by the Name, this man has no plea in this, because this is the faith of all; and every single letter (folio 92b) of this Holy Name ascends to the whole Name.
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