זוהר, האדרא זוטא ט״וZohar, Idra Zuta 15

Section 15 of 43 in Idra Zuta — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

הַאי עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא, סְתִּימָא דְּכָל סְתִּימִין, לָא אַדְכַּר, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח. וּבְגִין דְּאִיהוּ רֵישָׁא עִלָּאָה לְכָל עִלָּאִין, לָא אִדְכַּר, בַּר רֵישָׁא חֲדָא, בְּלָא גּוּפָא, לְקַיְּימָא כֹּלָּא.

This Holy Ancient One, the Hidden of all hidden, is not mentioned and is not found. And because He is the supernal head of all the supernal ones, He is not mentioned, save as one head without a body, to sustain all.

Segment 2ב׳

וְהַאי (נ"א דכל סתימין (ס"א בגין דאיהו) רישא (עלאה) עלאין לכל עלאין, לא אדכר, אלא רישא חדא, בלא גופא, לקיימא כלא. והוא) טָמִיר וְסָתִים וְגָנִיז מִכֹּלָּא, תִּקּוּנוֹי אִתְתָּקְּנָן, בְּהַהוּא מוֹחָא סְתִימָאָה דְּכֹלָּא, דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט וְאִתְתָּקַּן כֹּלָּא וְנָפִיק חֶסֶד עִלָּאָה, וְחֶסֶד עִלָּאָה אִתְפָּשַׁט וְאִתָּקַן וְאִתְכְּלִיל כֹּלָּא בְּמוֹחָא סְתִימָאָה דָּא. כַּד אִתְתְּקַן חִוָּורָא דָּא בִּנְהִירוּ דָּא, בָּטַשׁ מַאן דְּבָטַשׁ, בְּהַאי מוֹחָא וְאִתְנְהִיר, וְתַלְיָיא מִמַּזָּלָא יַקִּירָא מוֹחָא אַחֲרָא, דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט וְנָהִיר לִתְלָּתִין וּתְרֵין שְׁבִילִין. כַּד אִתְנְהִיר נָהִיר מִמַּזָּלָא יַקִּירָא. אִתְנְהִירוּ ג' רֵישִׁין עִלָּאִין, תְּרֵין רֵישִׁין, וְחַד דְּכָלִיל לוֹן. וּבְמַזָּלָא תַּלְיָין, וְאִתְכְּלִילָן בֵּיהּ.

And this (a variant adds: of all hidden ones (a variant adds: because He is) the head (a variant adds: supernal), supernal over all supernal ones, is not mentioned, save one head without a body, to sustain all. And He) is hidden and concealed and stored away from all. His adornments are set in order in that concealed brain of all, which spreads out, and all is set in order, and supernal chesed goes forth; and supernal chesed spreads out and is set in order, and all is comprised in this concealed brain. When this whiteness was set in order in this light, He who strikes struck upon this brain, and it shone; and from the precious mazzal hangs another brain, which spreads out and shines to thirty-two paths. When it shines, it shines from the precious mazzal. The three supernal heads shone: two heads, and one that comprises them. And they hang on the mazzal and are comprised in it.

Segment 3ג׳

מִכָּאן שָׁארֵי לְאִתְגַּלְיָיא יָקִירוּ דְּדִיקְנָא, דְּאִיהוּ מַזָּלָא סְתִימָאָה. וְאִינּוּן מִתְתָּקְנָן (ביה), כְּמָה דְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא תְּלַת רֵישִׁין מִתְעַטְּרִין בֵּיהּ, הָכִי כֹּלָּא בִּתְלַת רֵישִׁין. וְכַד אִתְנָהֲרָן, תַּלְיָין כֻּלְּהוּ דָּא בְּדָא בִּתְלַת רֵישִׁין, תְּרֵין מִתְּרֵין סִטְרִין, וְחַד דְּכָלִיל לוֹן.

From here the preciousness of the beard begins to be revealed, which is the hidden mazzal. And they are set in order (a variant adds: in it): as in the Holy Ancient One three heads are crowned in it, so all is in three heads. And when they shine, they all hang one on the other in three heads: two from two sides, and one that comprises them.

Segment 4ד׳

וְאִי תֵּימָא, מַאן עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא. תָּא חֲזֵי, לְעֵילָּא לְעֵילָּא, אִית דְּלָא אִתְיְדַע, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע, וְלָא אִתְרְשִׁים, וְהוּא כָּלִיל כֹּלָּא, וּתְרֵין רֵישִׁין בֵּיהּ כְּלִילָן (ס"א תליין). וּכְדֵין כֹּלָּא (חדא) הָכִי אִתְתְּקַן. וְהַהוּא לָאו בְּמִנְיָינָא, וְלָא בִּכְלָלָא וְלָא בְּחוּשְׁבָּן אֶלָּא בִּרְעוּתָא דְּלִבָּא, עַל דָּא אִתְּמַר, (תהילים ל״ט:ב׳) אָמַרְתִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה דְּרָכַי מֵחֲטֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי.

And if you say: Who is the Holy Ancient One? Observe: above, above, there is that which is not known, and not recognised, and not inscribed; and it comprises all, and two heads are comprised in it (a variant reads: hang). And then all (a variant adds: one) is set in order thus. And that one is not in number, nor in the sum, nor in reckoning, but in the will of the heart. Of this it is said, “I said: I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue” (Ps. 39, 2).

Segment 5ה׳

אֲתָר דְּשֵׁירוּתָא אִשְׁתְּכַח, מֵעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּאִתְנְהִיר מִמַּזָּלָא, הוּא נְהִירוּ דְּחָכְמְתָא, דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט לִתְלָּתִין וּתְרֵין עִיבָר. וְנָפְקָא מֵהַהוּא מוֹחָא סְתִימָאָה, מִנְּהִירוּ דְּבֵיהּ. וּמַה דְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא נָהִיר בְּקַדְמִיתָא (ס"א בחכמתא), דָּא הִיא. וְשֵׁירוּתָא מִמָּה דְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא (הוי), וְאִתְעָבִיד לִתְלַת רֵישִׁין, וְרֵישָׁא חֲדָא כָּלִיל לוֹן. וְאִלֵּין תְּלַת מִתְפַּשְּׁטָן לִזְעֵיר אַנְפִּין, וּמֵאִלֵּין נַהֲרִין כֹּלָּא.

The place where commencement is found, from the Ancient Holy One, which is illuminated by the Mazal, it [is] a light of Chochma/Wisdom which is being stretched forth into thirty-two sides. And it goes out from that concealed brain, from the light that is in it. And what the Ancient Holy One shines [forth] at first (another reading: “with Chochma/Wisdom”), that is it. And [it is] (being) the commencement of what has been revealed, and it became three heads, and one head encompasses them. And these three [heads] are being stretched forth to the Small Countenance, and from these all shine.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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