זוהר, האדרא רבא ט״וZohar, Idra Rabba 15

Section 15 of 52 in Idra Rabba — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

תִּקּוּנָא חֲמִישָּׁאָה. נָפִיק אוֹרְחָא אַחֲרָא מִתְּחוֹת פּוּמָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (מיכה ז׳:י״ח) לֹא הֶחֱזִיק לָעַד אַפּוֹ. קוּם רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. קָם רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים קמ״ד:ט״ו) אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיְיָ אֱלֹהָיו. אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ. מַהוּ שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (אסתר ז׳:י׳) וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה, שָׁכִיךְ מֵרוּגְזֵיה.

The fifth adornment. Another path goes out from beneath the mouth. This is what is written: “He retains not His anger for ever” (Micah 7, 18). Rise, R. Jose. R. Jose rose, opened and said: “Happy is the people that is shekachah lo (in such a case); happy is the people whose God is the Lord” (Ps. 144, 15). “Happy is the people that is shekachah lo” — what is shekachah lo? As you say, “Then was the king's wrath assuaged (shachachah)” (Esther 7, 10): it was assuaged of its wrath.

Segment 2ב׳

דָּבָר אַחֵר. שָׁכִיךְ בְּרוּגְזֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (במדבר י״א:ט״ו) וְאִם כָּכָה אַתְּ עוֹשֶׂה לִּי הָרְגֵנִי נָא הָרוֹג. דָּא הוּא דִּינָא דְּדִינָא. אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיְיָ אֱלֹהָיו, רַחֲמֵי דְּרַחֲמֵי.

Another interpretation: assuaged in its wrath. This is what is written: “And if You deal thus (kachah) with me, kill me, I pray You, out of hand” (Num. 11, 15). This is the judgement of judgement. “Happy is the people whose God is the Lord” — the mercy of mercies.

Segment 3ג׳

דָּבָר אַחֵר, שֶׁכָּכָה, שְׁמָא דְּכָלִיל כָּל שְׁמָהָן, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַעְבַּר רוּגְזֵיהּ, וַאֲנַח בֵּיהּ לִזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין, וּמַעֲבִיר עַל כָּל אִינּוּן דִּלְבַר.

Another interpretation: shekachah — a Name that comprises all names. And the Holy One, blessed be He, passes His wrath away, and sets the Small of Countenance in it, and passes over all those that are outside.

Segment 4ד׳

דְּתַנְיָא, אָרְחָא, עִלָּאָה דְּדִיקְנָא קַדִּישָׁא, (עלאה עתיקא דעתיקי) דְּאִיהוּ נָחִית (בדיקניה) תְּחוֹת נוּקְבֵי דְּחוֹטָמָא דְּעַתִּיקֵי. וְהַאי אָרְחָא דִּלְתַתָּא. שְׁקִילָן אִינּוּן בְּכֹלָּא. דָּא לְעֵילָּא, וְדָא לְתַתָּא. לְעֵילָּא, עוֹבֵר עַל פֶּשַׁע. לְתַתָּא, לֹא הֶחֱזִיק לָעַד אַפּוֹ. וְתָנֵינָן, לֹא הֶחזִיק: דְּלָא אִית אֲתָר לְמֵיתַב. כְּמָה דִּלְעֵילָּא יָהִיב אַתְרָא לְאַעְבְּרָא. כַּךְ לְתַתָּא, יָהִיב אֲתָר לְאַעְבְּרָא.

For it has been taught: the upper path of the holy beard (a variant reads: the upper, of the Ancient of Ancients), which descends (a variant adds: in His beard) beneath the nostrils of the nose of the Ancient One, and this path below — they are equal in all: this one above and this one below. Above: “and passes by the transgression”; below: “He retains not His anger for ever.” And we have learnt: “He retains not” — for there is no place for it to stay. As above He gives a place to pass over, so below He gives a place to pass over.

Segment 5ה׳

תָּנָא, בְּכָל אֲתָר דִּבְהַאי עַתִּיקָא טְמִירָא דְּכֹלָּא אָרְחָא אִתְגַּלְיָיא, טַב לְכֻלְּהוּ דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּהָא אִתְחֲזֵי עֵיטָא לְמֶעְבַּד טַב לְכֹלָּא. מַאן דְּסָתִים וְלָא אִתְגַּלְיָיא, לֵית עֵיטָא, וְלֵית מַאן דְּיֵדַע לֵיהּ, אֶלָּא הוּא בִּלְחוֹדוֹי. כְּמָה דְּעֵדֶן עִלָּאָה, לֵית דְּיֵדַע לֵיהּ אֶלָּא הוּא עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקֵי. וְעַל הַאי כְּתִיב, (תהילים צ״ב:ו׳) מַה גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְיָ מְאֹד עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבוֹתֶיךָ. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן יִתְתַּקְּנוּן עוֹבָדָךְ לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. מֵעִם עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין.

It has been taught: in every place where, in this Ancient One, the most hidden of all, the path is revealed, it is good for all those below, for counsel is seen to do good to all. What is hidden and not revealed — there is no counsel, and there is none who knows it but He alone; as the supernal Eden — there is none who knows it but He, the Ancient of Ancients. And of this it is written: “How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep” (Ps. 92, 6). R. Simeon said: May your works be set in order for the world to come, from before the Ancient of Ancients.

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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