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The Zohar · Kedoshim

זוהר, קדושים ד׳Zohar, Kedoshim 4

Section 4 of 21 in Kedoshim — 23 segments

Segment 1א׳

(ויקרא י״ט:ג׳) אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ וְגוֹ'. הָא תָּנֵינָן, דְּפַרְשְׁתָּא דָּא כְּלָלָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. מַקִּישׁ דְּחִילוּ דְּאַבָּא וְאִימָא לְשַׁבְּתוֹתַי. אֶלָּא אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, כֹּלָּא חַד, מַאן דְּדָחִיל מֵהַאי, נָטִיר לְהַאי.

YE SHALL FEAR EVERY MAN HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER, ETC, The fear of mother and father is here put side by side with the keeping of the Sabbath. Said R. Jose: ‘It is all one; he who fears one keeps the other.

Segment 2ב׳

אִישׁ אִמּוֹ, אַקְדִּים אִמּוֹ לְאָבִיו בִּדְחִילוּ מַאי טַעְמָא. כְּמָה דְּאוּקְמוּהָ. אֲבָל אִימָּא דְּלֵית רְשׁוּ בִּידָהָא כָּל כַּךְ כְּאָבִיו (ס"א אבל תא חזי אמו דא כנסת ישראל ובגין דבה שריא יראה ואיהי יראת ה' אתקרי) אַקְדִּים דְּחִילוּ דִּילָהּ.

Why is the mother here placed before the father? As we have learnt, because she has not so much power as the father.’

Segment 3ג׳

רִבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, מַה כְּתִיב לְעֵילָּא, קְדוֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ. אָתֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְאִתְקַדְּשָׁא בְּאִתְּתֵיהּ כְּחַד. מִמַּאן הוּא שְׁבָחָא יַתִּיר בְּהַהִיא קְדוּשָּׁה. הֲוִי אֵימָּא מִנוּקְבָּא. בְּגִין כַּךְ אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ.

R. Isaac connected this with the preceding words, “ye shall be holy”: when a man comes to sanctify himself together with his wife, it is the female who deserves the greater credit for that sanctification, and therefore the mother is placed first here.’

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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