זוהר, האדרא רבא כ״זZohar, Idra Rabba 27

Section 27 of 52 in Idra Rabba — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

תָּאנָא, בְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא דְּרֵישָׁא, תַּלְיָין אֶלֶף אַלְפֵי רִבּוֹא וְרִבּוֹא רִבְּבָן קוֹצֵי דְּשַׂעְרֵי אוּכָמָן, וּמִסְתַּבְּכִין דָּא בְּדָא, וּמִתְעָרְבִין דָּא בְּדָא. וְלֵית חוּשְׁבָּנָא לְנִימִין דְּכָל קוֹצָא וְקוֹצָא, דַּאֲחִידָן בֵּיהּ דַּכְיָין וּמְסַאֲבָן. וּמִכָּאן אִתְאַחֲדָן טַעֲמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּדַכְיָא בִּמְסָאֲבָא. בְּכָל אִינּוּן סִטְרִין דְּאִינּוּן דַּכְיָין, בְכָל אִינּוּן סִטְרִין דְּאִינּוּן מִסְאָבָן.

It has been taught: on the skull of the head hang a thousand thousand myriads, and myriads of myriads, of locks of black hair, and they are tangled one with another and intermingled one with another. And there is no reckoning of the strands of each and every lock, in which clean and unclean are held fast. And from here the reasons of the Torah are joined, in the clean, in the unclean — in all those sides that are clean, in all those sides that are unclean.

Segment 2ב׳

יַתְבִין קוֹצֵי מִסְתַּבְּכִין וְתַקִיפִין. מִנְּהוֹן שְׁעִיעִין, וּמִנְהוֹן תַּקִּיפִין. וּבְכָל קוֹצָא וְקוֹצָא, יַתְבִין נִימִין תִּלִין עַל תִּלִין. מִתְלַהֲטָן וְתַּלְיָין כְּגִיבָּר תַּקִּיף, מָארֵי נַצַח קְרָבִין. בְּתִקּוּנָא יָאֶה בְּתִקּוּנָא שַׁפִּירָא תַּקִּיפָא (בחור כארזים). רַבְרְבִין וְתַקִיפִין. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שיר השירים ה׳:ט״ו) בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִים.

The locks sit tangled and strong; some of them smooth, and some of them strong. And in each and every lock sit strands, heaps upon heaps, flaming and hanging like a mighty warrior, a master of victorious battles, in a fitting adornment, in a beautiful adornment, strong (a variant adds: excellent as the cedars), great and strong. This is what is written, “excellent as the cedars” (S. S. 5, 15).

Segment 3ג׳

מִתְתַּקְּנִין קוֹצִין דְּשַׂעְרֵי, וְתַּלְיָין תִּלִין עַל תִּלִין, מֵהַאי סִטְרָא לְהַאי סִטְרָא, עַל גּוּלְגֹּלְתָּא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שיר השירים ה׳:י״א) קְווּצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים. וְתָאנָא יַתְבִין תִּלֵי תִּלִּין, מִשּׁוּם דִּמְשִׁיכִין מִמַּבּוּעִין סַגִּיאִין, דִּתְלַת רַהֲטֵי מוֹחָא. מִמַּבּוּעָא חַלָּלָא חַד דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא, אִתְמַשְּׁכָן שַׂעְרֵי בִּמְשִׁיכוּתָא, וּמִתְעָבְדִין תִּלִין, דְּתַּלְיָין מִכַּמָּה מַבּוּעִין, דְּאִתְמַשְּׁכָן מֵהַאי חַלָּלָא. מֵחַלָלָא תִּנְיָינָא, נַפְקֵי חַמְשִׁין מַבּוּעִין, וְאִתְמַשְּׁכָן שַׂעְרֵי מֵאִינּוּן מַבּוּעִין בִּמְשִׁיכוּתָא, וְאִתְעָבְדִין תִּלִין, דְּתַלְיָין וּמִתְעָרְבִין בְּקוֹצִין אַחֲרָנִין. מֵחַלָלָא תְּלִיתָאָה, נָפְקֵי אֶלֶף אַלְפִין אִדָּרִין וְאַכְסַדְרָאִין, וְאִתְמַשְּׁכָן שַׂעְרֵי בִּמְשִׁיכוּתָא מִכֻּלְּהוּ. (ומתעבדין תלין על תלין ומתערבין בקוצין אחרנין) וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִינּוּן קוֹצִין, תִּלִּין עַל תִּלִּין.

The locks of hair are set in order, and they hang heaps upon heaps, from this side to that side, over the skull. This is what is written, “His locks are curled” (S. S. 5, 11). And it has been taught: they sit heaps upon heaps because they are drawn from many springs, of the three courses of the brain. From the spring of the one hollow of the skull the hairs are drawn in a drawing-forth, and they become heaps that hang from many springs which are drawn from this hollow. From the second hollow fifty springs go forth, and the hairs are drawn from those springs in a drawing-forth, and they become heaps that hang and are intermingled with other locks. From the third hollow there go forth a thousand thousands of chambers and halls, and the hairs are drawn in a drawing-forth from all of them (a variant adds: and they become heaps upon heaps and are intermingled with other locks). And therefore those locks are heaps upon heaps.

Segment 4ד׳

וְכֻלְּהוּ מְשִׁיכָן דְּאִתְמַשְּׁכָן מִג' חַלָלִין דְּמוֹחָא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא. וְכָל אִינּוּן נִימִין וְכָל אִינּוּן קוֹצֵי תַּלְיָין וְחַפְּיָין לְסִטְרָא דְּאוּדְנִין. וּבְגִין כָּךְ כְּתִיב, (דניאל ט׳:י״ח) הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע. וּבְהַאי תִּלִין, תַּלְיָין (נ"א ובהאי תליין) יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא, נְהוֹרָא וַחֲשׁוֹכָא, רַחֲמֵי וְדִינָא. וְכָל יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא תָּלֵי בְּהַאי, וְלָא בְּעַתִּיקָא.

And all of them are drawings-forth that are drawn from the three hollows of the brain of the skull. And all those strands and all those locks hang down and cover the side of the ears. And therefore it is written, “O my God, incline Your ear, and hear” (Dan. 9, 18). And on these heaps hang (a variant reads: and on this hang) right and left, light and darkness, mercy and judgement. And all right and left hangs on this, and not on the Ancient One.

Segment 5ה׳

בְּפַלְגוּתָא דְּשַׂעְרֵי, אִתְחֲזֵי חַד אוֹרְחָא דָּקִיק, דְּמִתְאַחֲדָא מֵהַהוּא אָרְחָא דְּעַתִּיק יוֹמִין. וּמֵהַהוּא אָרְחָא, אִתְפָּרְשָׁן שִׁית מְאָה וּתְלֵיסָר אָרְחִין, דְּאִתְפַּלְגוּן בְּאָרְחִין דְּפִקוּדֵי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים כ״ה:י׳) כָּל אָרְחוֹת יְיָ חֶסֶד וְאֱמֶת לְנוֹצְרֵי בְרִיתוֹ וְעֵדוֹתָיו.

In the parting of the hair one thin path is seen, which is joined to that path of the Ancient of Days. And from that path six hundred and thirteen paths are separated, which are divided into the paths of the commandments of the Torah, as it is written, “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies” (Ps. 25, 10).

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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