זוהר, משפטים י״חZohar, Mishpatim 18

Section 18 of 30 in Mishpatim — 18 segments

Segment 1א׳

וּבְהוֹן אַיֶּלֶת אֲעִילַת רֵישָׁהָא בֵּין בִּרְכָּהָא. רֵישָׁא, אִיהוּ צַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם. בֵּין בִּרְכָּהָא דְּאִינּוּן נֶצַח וְהוֹד. וְאוּמֵי לָהּ בֵּיהּ, לְמִפְרַק לִבְנָהָא בַּבֹּקֶר, דְּאִיהוּ אַרְיֵה בֹּקֶר יְמִינָא דְּאַבְרָהָם, מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד דְּנָפִיק מִיהוּדָה, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, (בראשית מ״ט:ט׳) גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה. וּבְגִין דָּא, (רות ג׳:י״ג) חַי יְיָ' שִׁכְבִי עַד הַבֹּקֶר.

And with them the hind put her head between her knees. The head — that is the Righteous One, the foundation of the world; between her knees, which are netzach and hod (majesty). And He swore to her by him to redeem her children in the morning, which is the lion, the morning, the right hand of Abraham, the Messiah son of David who comes forth from Judah, of whom it is said: “Judah is a lion’s whelp” (Gen. 49, 9). And therefore: “As the Lord lives, lie down until the morning” (Ruth 3, 13).

Segment 2ב׳

וּבָהּ (ישעיהו ס״ג:י״ב) מוֹלִיךְ לִימִין מֹשֶׁה זְרוֹעַ תִּפְאַרְתּוֹ בּוֹקֵעַ מַיִם וְגוֹ', בְּגִין דְּתִפְאֶרֶת דַּרְגָּא דְּמֹשֶׁה גּוּפָא, וְחֶסֶד דְּרוֹעָא דִּילֵיהּ, וּמֹשֶׁה אִתְקָשָּׁר בְּע"ב דְּאִיהוּ חֶסֶד, דַּרְגָּא דְּאַבְרָהָם. דְּהָכִי סָלִיק בְּחוּשְׁבָן ח"י. וו"ו מִן וַיִּסַּע וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּט, תְּלַת עַנְפֵי אֲבָהָן, ש. דְּאִתְקָשָּׁר בְּשׁ' שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה. דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן (יחזקאל א׳:י׳) וּפְנֵי אַרְיֵה אֶל הַיָּמִין לְאַרְבַּעְתָּן וּפְנִי שׁוֹר מֵהַשְּׂמֹאל וְגוֹ', וּפְנֵי נְשֶׁר לְאַרְבַּעְתָּן. מ"ה מִן מֹשֶׁה, וּדְמוּת פְּנֵיהֶם פְּנֵי אָדָם.

And in her: “that caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, dividing the water before them,” and so forth (Isa. 63, 12) — because tiferet is the grade of Moses, the body, and chesed is his arm; and Moses is bound to the seventy-two, which is chesed, the grade of Abraham. For so it amounts to the number eighteen. Three Vaus, from “and it journeyed”, “and it came”, “and he stretched out” — the three branches of the patriarchs; a Shin, which is bound to the Shin of Moses, of which it is said: “And the face of a lion on the right side of them four, and the face of an ox on the left side,” and so forth, “and the face of an eagle of them four” (Ezek. 1, 10). Mem-He from Moses: “and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man.”

Segment 3ג׳

(ס"א דאיהו) דְּרוֹעָא שְׂמָאלָא, אִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ, שְׂמֹאל דּוֹחָה, וִימִין מְקָרֶבֶת. דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּאַקְדִּים בְּתִשְׁרֵי, דְּאוּקְמוּהָ בֵּיהּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, בְּתִשְׁרֵי עֲתִידִין לְהִגָּאֵל. תְּהֵא דּוֹחָה, בְּגִין דְּלָא יָמוּת מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן אֶפְרַיִם, דּוֹחָה מְתִּשְׁרֵי דְּאִיהִי שְׂמֹאל. עַד דְּיִקְרַב יָמִין, פֶּסַח דְּרוֹעָא יְמִינָא. לְקַיֵּים בָּהּ, (מיכה ז׳:ט״ו) כִּימֵי צֵאתְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם אַרְאֶנּוּ נִפְלָאוֹת וְהַאי אִיהוּ בְּנִיסָן נִגְאֲלוּ וּבְנִיסָן עֲתִידִין לְהִגָּאֵל. לְקַיֵּים בְּהוֹן (ישעיהו נ״ד:ח׳) וּבְחֶסֶד עוֹלָם רִחַמְתִּיךְ אָמַר גֹּאֲלֵךְ יְיָ'.

The left arm, of which it is said: the left hand repels and the right hand draws near. For although Tishri comes first, of which the sages of the Mishnah have explained, “In Tishri they are destined to be redeemed,” it shall repel, so that the Messiah son of Ephraim shall not die — repelling from Tishri, which is the left, until the right draws near, Passover, the right arm, to fulfil in her: “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show him marvellous things” (Micah 7, 15). And this is “In Nisan they were redeemed and in Nisan they are destined to be redeemed,” to fulfil in them: “But with everlasting kindness will I have compassion on you, says your Redeemer, the Lord” (Isa. 54, 8).

Segment 4ד׳

וּלְבָתַר נַטְלֵי כֻּלְּהוּ מִגְּבוּרָה, דְּמִנֵּיהּ מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן אֶפְרַיִם, לְנַטְלָא נוּקְמָא מִשַּׂנְאוֹי. דְּהָכִי בָּעֵי לְנַקָּאָה עִבּוּרָא, דְּאִינּוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל, בִּימִינָא. וּלְבָתַר לְאוֹקְדָא קַשׁ, בִּשְׂמָאלָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (עובדיה א׳:י״ח) וְהָיָה בֵית יַעֲקֹב אֵשׁ וּבֵית יוֹסֵף לֶהָבָה וּבֵית עֵשָׂו לְקַשׁ וְדָלְקוּ בָּהֶם וַאֲכָלוּם. וּכְנִישׁוּ דְּעִבּוּרָא, דָּא עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. בֵּיהּ (בראשית כה) וַיֵּאָסֶף (אל עמיו). לְאָן אֲתָר. לְבֵיתָא, דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא.

And afterwards they all take from gevurah, from which comes the Messiah son of Ephraim, to take vengeance on his enemies. For so it must be: to cleanse the grain, which is Israel, with the right, and afterwards to burn the stubble with the left. This is what is written: “And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them and devour them” (Obad. 1, 18). And the gathering in of the grain — this is the Central Column. In it: “and he was gathered (to his people)” (Gen. 25). To what place? To the house — this is the Shekinah.

Segment 5ה׳

אֲבָל בְּדַרְגָּא דְּמָשִׁיחַ בֶּן יוֹסֵף, אִיהוּ דְּקָא רָמִיז, (במדבר כ״ב:ד׳) עַתָּה יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֶת כָּל סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ כִּלְחוֹךְ הַשּׁוֹר אֵת יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה. דְּעָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר, (תהילים צ״ב:ח׳) בִּפְרֹחַ רְשָׁעִים כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב וְגוֹ'. מִפֶּסַח וְעַד תִּשְׁרֵי, יְהֵא פּוּרְקָנָא דְּאִיהוּ עַד. וּמִתַּמָּן וְאֵילָךְ יְהֵא הַשְׁמָדָה דִּלְהוֹן, (תהילים צ״ב:ח׳) לְהִשָּׁמְדָם (פורקנא) עֲדֵי עַד. (נ"א ולא עד בכלל, אלא עד דמטי לעד, מתמן ואילך להשמדם עדי עד) כַּד מָטוּ לְתִשְׁרֵי דְּאִיהוּ שׁוֹר, בֵּיהּ כִּלְחוֹךְ הַשּׁוֹר.

But in the grade of the Messiah son of Joseph, it is he who is hinted at in: “Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field” (Num. 22, 4). Of them it is said: “When the wicked spring up as the grass,” and so forth (Ps. 92, 8). From Passover until Tishri the redemption shall be, which is ad (until); and from then onwards shall be their destruction — “that they may be destroyed for ever (adei ad)” (Ibid.). When they reach Tishri, which is the ox, in it is “as the ox licks up.”

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