זוהר, האדרא רבא ד׳Zohar, Idra Rabba 4

Section 4 of 52 in Idra Rabba — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

בְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא, (בכל יומא) יַתְבִין תְּלֵיסַר (ס"א תריסר) אַלְפֵי רִבּוֹא עָלְמִין, דְּנַטְלִין עֲלוֹי רַגְלִין, וְסַמְכִין עֲלוֹי. וּמֵהַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא נָטִיף טַלָּא, לְהַהוּא דִּלְבַר, וּמַלְיָיא לְרֵישֵׁיהּ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, דִּכְתִּיב, (שיר השירים ה׳:ב׳) שֶׁרֹאשִׁי נִמְלָא טָל.

In the skull (a variant adds: every day) dwell thirteen (a variant reads: twelve) thousand myriads of worlds, which rest their feet upon it and lean upon it. And from this skull dew drips to that one who is outside, and fills His head every day, as it is written, “for my head is filled with dew” (S. S. 5, 2).

Segment 2ב׳

וּמֵהַהוּא טַלָּא דְּאַנְעַר מֵרֵישֵׁיהּ, הַהוּא דְּאִיהוּ לְבַר, יִתְּעֲרוּן מֵתַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. דִּכְתִיב (שראשי נמלא טל, מלאתי טל לא כתיב, אלא נמלא) דִּכְתִיב (ישעיהו כ״ו:י״ט) כִּי טַל אוֹרוֹת טַלֶּךָ, אוֹרוֹת נְהוֹרָא דְּחִוַורְתָּא דְּעַתִּיקָא. וּמֵהַהוּא טַלָּא, מִתְקַיְּימִין קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין. וְהוּא (רצ"ב) מָנָא דְּטַחְנֵי לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. וְנָטִיף הַהוּא טַלָּא לְחַקְלָא דְּתַפּוּחִין קַדִּישִׁין. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ט״ז:י״ד) וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל וְהִנֵּה עַל פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחוּסְפָּס. וְחֵיזוּ הַהוּא טַלָּא חִוָּור. כְּהַאי גַּוְונָא דְּאַבְנִין (מ"ט) דִּבְדּוֹלְחָא, דְּאִתְחַזְיָיא כָּל גַּוְונִין בְּגַוָּוהּ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (במדבר י״א:ז׳) וְעֵינוֹ כְּעֵין הַבְּדוֹלַח.

And from that dew which He shakes from His head — that one who is outside — the dead will be awakened in the world to come, as it is written (a variant adds: “for my head is filled with dew” — it is not written “I am filled with dew,” but “is filled”), as it is written, “For your dew is as the dew of light” (Isa. 26, 19). “Light”: the light of the whiteness of the Ancient One. And from that dew the supernal holy ones are sustained. And it is (folio 292) the manna that they grind for the righteous in the world to come. And that dew drips upon the field of holy apples. This is what is written, “And when the layer of dew had gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing” (Ex. 16, 14). And the appearance of that dew is white, like stones (folio 49) of bdellium, in which all colours are seen. This is what is written, “and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium” (Num. 11, 7).

Segment 3ג׳

הַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא. חִוָּורָא דִּילֵיהּ, אַנְהִיר לִתְלֵיסַר (רפ"ח) עִיבָר גְּלִיפִין בְּסַחֲרָנוֹי. לְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא חַד, וּלְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא דָּא, בְּסִטְרָא דְּאַנְפּוֹי. וּלְאַרְבַּע עִיבָר בְּסִטְרָא דָּא, לְסִטְרָא דְּאֲחוֹרָא. וְחַד לְעֵילָּא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא. (כלומר לסטרא דלעילא).

This skull: its whiteness shines to thirteen (folio 288) directions engraved round about it — to four directions on one side; and to four directions on this side, on the side of His face; and to four directions on this side, toward the side of the back; and one above the skull (a variant adds: that is to say, toward the side above).

Segment 4ד׳

וּמֵהַאי אִתְפְּשָׁט אוֹרְכָא דְּאַנְפּוֹי, לִתְלַת מְאָה וְשִׁבְעִין רִבּוֹא עָלְמִין. וְהַהוּא אִתְקְרֵי אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם. (כלומר אורכא דאנפין) וְהַאי עַתִּיקָא דְּעַתִּיקִין אִתְקְרֵי אֲרִיכָא דְּאַנְפִּין. וְהַהוּא דִּלְבַר אִתְקְרֵי זְעֵיר אַנְפִּין. לָקֳבְלֵיהּ דְּעַתִּיקָא סָבָא, קֹדֶשׁ קֳדָשִׁים דְּקֻדְשַׁיָא. וּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין (קל"ה ע"ב) כַּד אִסְתָּכַּל לְהַאי, כֹּלָּא (ס"א טלא) דִּלְתַּתָּא אִתְתְּקַּן, וְאַנְפּוֹי מִתְפַּשְּׁטִין וַאֲרִיכִין בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, אֲבָל לָא כָּל שַׁעֲתָא כְּמָה דְּעַתִּיקָא.

And from this the length of His face spreads out to three hundred and seventy myriads of worlds; and that is called erekh appayim (long-suffering) (a variant adds: that is to say, length of face). And this one, the Ancient of Ancients, is called the Long of Countenance, and that one who is outside is called the Small of Countenance, over against the Ancient Elder, the Holy of Holies of the holies. And the Small of Countenance (folio 135b), when He looks upon this, all (a variant reads: the dew) below is set in order, and His face spreads out and grows long at that time — but not at every hour, as the Ancient One.

Segment 5ה׳

וּמֵהַאי גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא, נָפִיק חַד עִיבָר חִיוָּר לְגוּלְגַּלְתָּא דִּזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין, לְתַקְּנָא רֵישֵׁיהּ. וּמֵהַאי לִשְׁאַר גּוּלְגַּלְתִּין דִּלְתַּתָּא, דְּלֵית לוֹן חוּשְׁבָּנָא. וְכָל גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא יָהֲבִין אֲגָר חִיוַרְתָּא (ס"א אוראותא) לְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין. כַּד עָאלִין בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא תְּחוֹת שַׁרְבִיטָא. וְלָקֳבֵיל דָּא, (קל"ו) בֶּקַע לַגוּלְגּוֹלֶת לְתַתָּא, כַּד עָאלִין בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא.

And from this skull there goes forth one white direction to the skull of the Small of Countenance, to set His head in order; and from this to the other skulls below, which are without number. And every skull renders a reward of whiteness (a variant reads: of illumination) to the Ancient of Days when they are numbered under the sceptre. And corresponding to this (folio 136), “a beka a head” below, when they are numbered.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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