זוהר, משפטים י״בZohar, Mishpatim 12

Section 12 of 30 in Mishpatim — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, (בוצינא קדישא) (נ"א רעיא מהימנא') עִם כָּל דָּא, דְּאַנְתְּ לָא יָכִיל לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בִּבְנֵי עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי בְּעַיְינִין, וְלָא בְּמַלְאֲכַיָּא, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּבִשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, אֲבָל בְּעֵין הַשֵּׂכֶל דְּלִבָּךְ, אַתְּ חֲזִי בְּכֹלָּא בִּבְנֵי עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, וּבְמַלְאָכִין וּבְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ. דְּסַחֲרִין לָךְ. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה, דִּכְתִּיב בֵּיהּ (מלכים א ה׳:י״א) וַיֶּחְכַּם מִכָּל הָאָדָם, (קהלת א׳:ט״ז) וְלִבִּי רָאָה הַרְבֵּה חָכְמָה וָדָעַת.

R. Simeon said to him: With all this, you are not able to look upon the people of the world to come with the eyes, nor upon the angels, still less upon the Holy One, blessed be He, and upon His Shekinah. But with the eye of the intellect of your heart you look upon all — upon the people of the world to come, and upon the angels, and upon the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah, who encircle you. And therefore Solomon, of whom it is written, “and he was wiser than all men” (I Kings 5, 11), said: “and my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge” (Eccl. 1, 16).

Segment 2ב׳

אֲבָל בַּנְּבוּאָה, לֵית לְכוֹן רְשׁוּ לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ (כל שכן) נָבִיא בְּעֵין הַשֵּׂכֶל, אֶלָּא בְּעַיְינִין, דְּאִיהִי מַרְאֶה וְחֶזְיוֹן דְּעַיְינִין, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (במדבר י״ב:ו׳) בַּמַּרְאָה אֵלָיו אֶתְוַדָּע. וְעוֹד בְּחֶזְיוֹן לַיְלָה, מַרְאֶה בִּימָמָא, חֶזְיוֹן בְּלֵילְיָא, וְכֹלָּא בְּעַיְינִין, וְלָא בְּעֵין הַשֵּׂכֶל דְּלִבָּא. וְעַיְינִין אִינּוּן תְּרֵי סַרְסוּרֵי דְּלִבָּא, וּמִשַּׁמָּשִׁין דִּילֵיהּ. וְאִיהוּ מַלְכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ (לגבייהו), וּבְגִין דָּא, חָכָם עָדִיף מִנָּבִיא. וְהָכִי הוּא תְּרֵין אוּדְנִין, תְּרֵין שַׁמָּשֵׁי דְּלִבָּא.

But in prophecy you have no permission to look upon Him — still less a prophet, with the eye of the intellect — but only with the eyes, which are vision and the sight of the eyes. This is as it is written, “In a vision do I make Myself known to him” (Num. 12, 6). And further, “in a sight of the night”: vision by day, sight by night — and all with the eyes, and not with the eye of the intellect of the heart. And the eyes are the two agents of the heart and its servants, and it is king among them. And therefore a sage is superior to a prophet. And so it is with the two ears: the two servants of the heart.

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְגִין דָּא אוּקְמוּהָ רַבָּנָן, הַלֵּב רוֹאֶה, וְהַלֵּב שׁוֹמֵעַ. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא דְּאִתְּמַר בַּלֵּב, הַלֵּב מֵבִין, הַלֵּב יוֹדֵעַ. (שמות ל״א:ו׳) וּבְלֵב כָּל חָכָם לֵב נָתַתִּי חָכְמָה. הֲרֵי חָכְמָה וּתְבוּנָה וָדַעַת בְּלִבָּא. דִּבְּהוֹן אִתְעָבִידוּ שְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא, וּתְהוֹמִין. וּבְהוֹן אִתְעָבִיד מַשְׁכְּנָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ל״א:ג׳) וָאֲמַלֵּא אוֹתוֹ רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בְּחָכְמָה בִּתְבוּנָה וּבְדַעַת. מַה דְּלֵית כּוּלֵי הַאי בְּעַיְינִין.

And therefore the Rabbis have explained: the heart sees, and the heart hears. And not only that, but it is said of the heart: the heart understands, the heart knows — “and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom” (Ex. 31, 6). Here, then, are wisdom and understanding and knowledge in the heart, by which heaven and earth and the deeps were made, and by which the Tabernacle was made. This is as it is written, “and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge” (Ex. 31, 3). Whereas the eyes have nothing of all this.

Segment 4ד׳

וְרַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, מַאן דְּכוּלֵי הַאי בְּלִבֵּיהּ, יַתִּיר חֲזִי מִן נָבִיא, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן מַחֲשַׁבְתָּא דִּילָךְ. דְּלֵית לָהּ סוֹף, וּבָהּ תִּסְתָּכַּל, בְּהַהוּא, דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ סוֹף, מַה דְּלָא הֲוָה לָךְ רְשׁוּ בְּקַדְמִיתָא לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּעַיְינִין. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ל״ג:כ״ג) וְרָאִיתָ אֶת אֲחוֹרָי וּפָנַי לא יֵרָאוּ.

And, Faithful Shepherd, one who has all this in his heart sees more than a prophet — still more your own thought, which has no end. And with it you shall look upon that which has no end, upon which you had no permission at first to look with the eyes. This is as it is written, “and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen” (Ex. 33, 23).

Segment 5ה׳

אִלֵּין טִפְּשֵׁי דְּלִבָּא, אִינּוּן מֵתִין, וְסוּמִין בְּאִלֵּין קְלִיפִין. אֲבָל לְגַבָּךְ, לָאו אִינּוּן חֲשִׁיבִין כְּלוּם, וְלָא מַפְסִיקִין בֵּינָךְ לְבֵין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, וְכָל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, וּמַלְאָכִין, דְּהָכִי יֵיעוּל לְגַבָּךְ בְּאִינּוּן חַלּוֹנִין, דְּעַיְינִין, וְאוּדְנִין, וְנוּקְבֵי חוֹטָמָא, וּפוּמָא. כְּמַלְכָּא דְּיֵיעוּל בְּאִתְכַּסְיָיא לְחַדְרֵי חֲדָרִים, לְמַלְּלָא עִם בְּרֵיהּ. וּבְגִין דָּא, מְצָלִין יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיהּ בִּצְלוֹתָא דִּלְהוֹן, (משלי כ׳:כ״ז) אַתָּה חוֹפֵשׂ כָּל חַדְרֵי בֶּטֶן רוֹאֶה כְּלָיוֹת וָלֵב וְאֵין כָּל דָּבָר נֶעְלָם מִמְּךָּ.

These dull of heart are dead, and blind within these shells. But to you they are accounted as nothing, and they do not interpose between you and the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah, and all the people of the world to come, and the angels. For so shall He enter to you by those windows — of the eyes, and the ears, and the nostrils, and the mouth — like a king who enters in secret to the innermost chambers, to speak with his son. And therefore Israel pray to Him in their prayer: “You search all the chambers of the belly, You see the reins and the heart, and nothing at all is hidden from You” (Prov. 20, 27).

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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