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זוהר, לך לך כ״אZohar, Lech Lecha 21

Section 21 of 35 in Lech Lecha — 16 segments

Segment 1א׳

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אִעֲרַא בְּבֵי אוּשְׁפִּיזָא בְּלוּד, וְהֲוָה עִמֵּיהּ רַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה. קָם בְּלֵילְיָא לְמִלְעֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, קָם רַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה גַּבֵּיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בְּקִיסְטְרָא דְּקוּסְטָא חַבְרַיְיא שְׁכִיחֵי.

R. Eleazar was once at an inn at Lud, where R. Hizkiah also happened to be. In the course of the night he got up to study the Torah, as did also R. Hizkiah. On seeing him, he said, ‘An inn like this is always a meeting-place for the companions.’

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וְאָמַר (שיר השירים ב׳:ג׳) כְּתַפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר וְגו'. כְּתַפּוּחַ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִיהוּ חָמִיד וּמִתְעַטַּר בִּגְוָונוֹי מִכָּל שְׁאָר אִילָנִין דְּלָא אִית דְּדָמֵי לֵיהּ. רָשִׁים אִיהוּ מִכֹּלָּא, רָשִׁים הוּא דְּלֵית אָחֳרָא כַּוָּתֵיהּ.

He then began to discourse on the text: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons (S. S. 2, 3). ‘The apple tree,’ he said, ‘indicates the Holy One, blessed be He, being more delightful than all the other trees, and distinguished among them by its colours. So none can compare with Him;

Segment 3ג׳

בְּגִינִי כָּךְ בְּצִלּוֹ חִמַדְתִּי. בְּצִלּוֹ וְלָא בְּצִלָּא אָחֳרָא. בְּצִלוֹ וְלָא בְצִלָּא דִּשְׁאָר מְמַנָּן. חִמַּדְתִּי, אֵימָתַי, מִן יוֹמָא דְּהֲוָה אַבְרָהָם בְּעָלְמָא דְּאִיהוּ חָמִיד וְרָחִים לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּאַהֲבָה כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (ישעיהו מ״א:ח׳) אַבְרָהָם אוֹהֲבִי. וּפִרְיוֹ מָתוֹק לְחִכִּי, דָּא הוּא יִצְחָק דְּאִיהוּ אִיבָּא קַדִּישָׁא.

therefore “I delighted in his shadow”-in his shadow and not in that of the other guardian-angels, even from the time when Abram was in the world, Abram, who was attached to God in love, as it is written, “Abraham my friend” (Is. 41, 8). His fruit was sweet to my taste refers to Isaac, who was a holy fruit.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)