זוהר, כי תצא כ״בZohar, Ki Teitzei 22

Segment 1א׳

וְלָא לְמַגָנָא אָמַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כָּל הָעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה וּבִגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים וּמִתְפַּלֵּל עִם הַצִּבּוּר, מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלָיו כְּאִלּוּ פְּדָאַנִי לִי וּלְבָנַי מִבֵּין עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. וְכַמָּה בְּנֵי נָשָׁא דְּקָא מִשְׁתַּדְּלֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְעַבְדֵּי גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וּמְצַלִּין, וְלָא אִתְפְּרַק קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ וְיִשְׂרָאֵל. אֶלָּא דְּיִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לְחַבֵּר יָתָהּ בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּגְמִילוּת חֶסֶד, הָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, דְּהָא אֵין חָסִיד אֶלָּא הַמִּתְחַסֵּד עִם קוֹנוֹ, דְּכָל פִּקּוּדִין דְּעָבִיד, לְמִפְרַק בְּהוּ שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, וּבְהָא עָבִיד חֶסֶד עִם קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

And not for nothing did the Holy One, blessed be He, say: Whoever occupies himself with the Torah and with acts of lovingkindness and prays with the congregation, I account it to him as though he had redeemed Me and My children from among the worshippers of stars and constellations. And how many are the sons of men who labour in the Torah, and do acts of lovingkindness, and pray, and yet the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah and Israel are not redeemed. But he is to labour in the Torah so as to join her to the Holy One, blessed be He. And as for acts of lovingkindness, they have already explained it: there is no pious man save one who deals kindly with his Maker, for all the commandments that he performs are to redeem His Shekinah by them, and in this he does kindness with the Holy One, blessed be He.

Segment 2ב׳

מַאן דְּגָמִיל חֶסֶד בִּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, עִם קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גָּמִיל. בְּגִין דְּכַד חָבוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא הֲוָה בָּעֵי לְיַסְּרָא לוֹן, אִימָּא הֲוַת רְבִיעָא עָלַיְיהוּ, עַד דְּנַפְקוּ לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַה עָבִיד. תָּרִיךְ בְּנֵי מַלְכָּא וּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא. וְאִיהוּ אוֹמֵי, דְּלָא יֶהְדַּר לְאַתְרֵיהּ, עַד דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא אִתְהַדְּרַת לְאַתְרָהָא. וּמַאן דְּהָדַר בִּתְשׁוּבָה, וְגָמִיל חֶסֶד בִּשְׁכִינְתָּא, וּבְכָל אוֹרַיְיתָא וּבְפִקּוּדִין דִּילָהּ, וְלָאו אִיהִי (איהו) אֶלָּא לְמִפְרַק שְׁכִינְתָּא, דָּא עָבִיד חֶסֶד עִם קוֹנוֹ, וּכְאִילּוּ פָּרִיק לֵיהּ וּלִשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ וְלִבְנוֹי.

One who deals kindly with His Shekinah deals kindly with the Holy One, blessed be He. For when Israel sinned, and the Holy One, blessed be He, sought to chastise them, the Mother was brooding over them, until they went out to evil ways. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He drove out the King’s sons and the Matrona; and He swore that He would not return to His place until the Matrona is returned to hers. And one who returns in repentance, and deals kindly with the Shekinah, and with the whole Torah and with her commandments, and it is (a variant reads: and he is) only to redeem the Shekinah — he does kindness with his Maker, and it is as though he had redeemed Him, and His Shekinah, and His children.

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ וְכָל רָאשֵׁי מְתִיבְתָאן, רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, אַנְתְּ הוּא הַאי בַּר נָשׁ, אַנְתְּ הוּא בַּר מִן מַלְכָּא וּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא, דְּאִשְׁתַּדְּלוּתָא דִּילָךְ לְגַבֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לָאו כְּמַאן דְּעָבִיד חֶסֶד עִם קוֹנוֹ, אֶלָּא כִּבְרָא דִּמְחוּיָּיב לְשַׁוּוּיֵיהּ גַּרְמֵיהּ וְתוּקְפֵּיהּ לְמִפְרַק אַבָּא וְאִימָּא, וּמָסַר גַּרְמֵיהּ לַמִּיתָה עָלַיְיהוּ. דְּמַאן דְּלָאו אִיהוּ בְּרָא דְּמַלְכָּא, וְעָבִיד טִיבוּ עִם מַלְכָּא וְעִם מַטְרוֹנִיתָא, וַדַּאי הַאי אִתְחֲשִׁיב דְּעָבִיד חֶסֶד עִם קוֹנוֹ.

Elijah and all the heads of the Academies said: Faithful Shepherd, you are that man; you are the son of the King and the Matrona. Your labour towards the Holy One, blessed be He, is not as one who does kindness with his Maker, but as a son who is bound to give himself and his strength to redeem the father and the mother, and who gave himself over to death for them. For one who is not a son of the King, and does good to the King and to the Matrona — assuredly this is reckoned as one who does kindness with his Maker.