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זוהר, לך לך ל״בZohar, Lech Lecha 32

Section 32 of 35 in Lech Lecha — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְתָּא חֲזֵי, בְּכָל אִנּוּן דִּיוּקְנִין דְּנִשְׁמָתִין דְּעָלְמָא כֻּלְהוּ זִוּוּגִין זִוּוּגִין קַמֵּיהּ. לְבָתַר כַּד אַתְיָין לְהַאי עָלְמָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מְזַוִּוג זִוּוּגִין. אָמַר רַבִּי (יהודה) יִצְחָק קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא (מזווג זווגין ואמר) אָמַר בַּת פְּלוֹנִי לִפְלוֹנִי. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי וְהָא כְּתִיב, (קהלת א׳:ט׳) אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כְּתִיב, שָׁאנֵי לְעֵילָא.

Note that all the figures of souls that are to be born stand before God in pairs, and afterwards when they come to this world God mates them. R. Isaac says: ‘God announces, The daughter of so-and-so for so-and-so.’ R. Jose said: ‘How can that be, seeing that, as the Scripture tells us, “there is nothing new under the sun”?’ R. Judah said: ‘It is true that God creates nothing new under the sun; but this is done above.’

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַאי כָּרוֹזָא הָכָא. וְהָא אָמַר רַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא מַמָּשׁ דְּנָפִיק בַּר נָשׁ לְעָלְמָא בַּת זוּגוֹ אִזְדַמְּנַת לוֹ.

R. Jose further asked: ‘Why is there a proclamation, seeing that, as we have been told by R. Hizkiah in the name of R. Hiya, a man’s wife is assigned to him at the very moment when he is born?’

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא זַכָּאִין אִנּוּן צַדִּיקַיָּיא דְּנִשְׁמַתְהוֹן מִתְעַטְּרִין קַמֵּי מַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא עַד לָא יֵיתוּן לְעָלְמָא, דְּהָכִי תָּנִינָן בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא דְּאַפִּיק קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא נִשְׁמָתִין לְעָלְמָא, כָּל אִנּוּן רוּחִין וְנִשְׁמָתִין כֻּלְהוּ כְּלִילָן דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָא דְּמִתְחַבְּרָן כְּחֲדָא.

Said R. Abba: ‘Happy are the righteous whose souls are beatified before the Holy King before they come into this world. For we have learnt that when God sends souls into the world they are formed into pairs of male and female, and thus united

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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