זוהר, משפטים י׳Zohar, Mishpatim 10

Section 10 of 30 in Mishpatim — 12 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, שְׁבוּעַת יְיָ', אִיהִי שְׁכִינְתָּא, בַּת יְחִידָה. וְלָא לְמַגָּנָא תַּקִּינוּ תְּלַת בְּנִי נָשָׁא, לְמִפְטַר לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא, ש' דְּשַׁבָּת, תְּלַת עַנְפֵי אֲבָהָן, בַּת יְחִידָה. שְׁבוּעָה. דְּאִשְׁתְּתָּפַת (ס"א בה כורסיא ודאי) בְּהוּ.

The Holy Lamp said to him: “The oath of the Lord” — it is the Shekinah, the only daughter. And it was not for nothing that they ordained three men to release him from it. Rather: the Shin of Sabbath, the three branches of the patriarchs, the only daughter, the oath, who is joined with them.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּוַדַּאי, שְׁבוּעָה לָא חָלָה אֶלָּא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ. נֵדֶר חָל, אֲפִילּוּ עַל דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ. וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ בְּמַתְנִיתִין. וְלא עוֹד, אֶלָּא יַתִּיר אָמְרוּ, נְדָרִים עַל גַּבֵּי שְׁבוּעוֹת עוֹלִין, וְכָל הַנִּשְׁבַּע כְּאִלּוּ נִשְׁבַּע בַּמֶּלֶךְ עַצְמוֹ. וְכָל הַנּוֹדֶר, כְּאִילּוּ נוֹדֵר בְּחַיֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ.

Indeed, an oath takes hold only upon a thing that has substance, whereas a vow takes hold even upon a thing that has no substance; and this has been explained in the Mishnah. And more than that, they said further: vows rise above oaths, and whoever swears is as though he swore by the King Himself, and whoever vows is as though he vowed by the life of the King.

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר לוֹן רַעְיָא מְהֵימְנָא, מָארֵי דִּמְתִיבְתָאן, יְדַעְנָא בְּכוּ, דְּאַתּוּן יַדְעִין, אֲבָל הַהוּא דִּמְחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית, יְחַדֵּשׁ לוֹן חִדוּשִׁין, דְּהָא וַדַּאי אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת, (קהלת א׳:ט׳) אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, אֲבָל לְמַעְלָה מִן הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, יֵשׁ לוֹ. וּבְסִתְרֵי תּוֹרָה אֲנָא בָּעֵינָא לְמֵימַר, (תהילים פ״ד:ט׳) שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמָגֵן יְיָ' אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת, בְּעָלְמָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְלָא בְּעָלְמָא דְּהֶדְיוֹט, אַף עַל גַּב דְּזֶה לְעוּמַת זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלהִים, מִגּוֹ חֲשׁוֹכָא, נָפִיק נְהוֹרָא.

The Faithful Shepherd said to them: Masters of the Academy, I know of you that you know. But He who each day continually renews the work of creation will renew new things for them. For Koheleth indeed said: “There is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1, 9) — but above the sun there is. And in the secrets of the Torah I wish to say: “A sun and a shield is the Lord God of hosts” (Ps. 84, 9) — in His own world, and not in the world of a common man. Even though “God has made the one over against the other” (Eccl. 7, 14), out of the darkness light comes forth.

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְוַדַּאי עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, בִּינָה, אִיהִי לְמַעְלָה מֵהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, דְּאִיהוּ עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. נְדָרִים מִתַּמָּן, עַל גַּבֵּי שְׁבוּעָה עוֹלִים, וְחָלִין עַל דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ, בְּגִין דִּשְׁבוּעָה אִיהוּ עָלְמָא דֵּין, דְּלֵית לֵיהּ קִיּוּמָא, אֶלָּא עַל יְסוֹד, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (משלי י׳:כ״ה) וְצַדִיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם.

And indeed the world to come, binah, is above the sun, which is the Central Column. Vows are from there: they rise above the oath and take hold upon a thing that has no substance, because the oath is this world, which has no standing except upon yesod (foundation), as it is written: “and the righteous is the foundation of the world” (Prov. 10, 25).

Segment 5ה׳

וּבֵיהּ אוֹמָאָה, דִּכְתִּיב, (רות ג׳:י״ג) חַי יְיָ' שִׁכְבִי עַד הַבֹּקֶר. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה, כּוֹתֶל מַעֲרָבִי, דִּיּוּרָא דִּילֵיהּ. עַל שֵׁם דְּאִיהוּ תֵּל שֶׁהַכֹּל פּוֹנִים בּוֹ. כּ"וֹ תֵּ"ל, יְדוָֹ"ד כּ"וֹ, וַדַּאי שְׁכִינְתָּא, אִיהוּ תֵּל דִּילֵיהּ. עַל שֵׁם, (שיר השירים ה׳:י״א) קֶוִצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחוֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵב וְאוּקְמוּהָ עַל כָּל קוֹץ וְקוֹץ תִּלֵּי תִּלִּים שֶׁל הֲלָכוֹת. (קוץ) ד' מִן אֶחָד, תֵּל שֶׁהַכֹּל פּוֹנִים בּוֹ. וְהַאי קוֹץ, הוּא אָחִיד בֵּין א"ח, וּבֵין ד', הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (דברי הימים א כ״ט:י״א) כִּי כֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ, וְתִרְגֵם יְהוֹנָתָן, דְּאָחִיד בִּשְׁמַיָּא וּבְאַרְעָא.

And by it one swears, as it is written: “As the Lord lives; lie down until the morning” (Ruth 3, 13). For the lower Shekinah, the Western Wall, is His dwelling, so named because it is the mound to which all turn: Kaph-Vau, Tau-Lamed — the Tetragrammaton is Kaph-Vau, and indeed the Shekinah is His mound. So named from “his locks are curled, black as a raven” (S. S. 5, 11); and it has been explained: upon every tip and tip, heaps upon heaps of halachoth. The Daleth of ehad is the mound to which all turn. And this tip holds fast between Aleph-Heth and Daleth, as it is written: “for all that is in the heaven and in the earth” (I Chron. 29, 11), and Jonathan rendered: that He holds fast in heaven and in earth.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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