זוהר, משפטים ה׳Zohar, Mishpatim 5

Section 5 of 30 in Mishpatim — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

פִּקּוּדָא (מא) בָּתַר דָּא, לְהָשִׁיב אֲבֵדָה. וַאֲבַתְרֵיהּ לְהָשִׁיב הַגֶּזֶל. אָמַר בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָתִיד לְאָהַדְרָא לָךְ, אֲבֵדָה דְּאָבְדַתּ בְּגִין עֵרֶב רַב, וְדָא כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, דִּבְזִמְנָא דְּעָבְדוּ עֵרֶב רַב יַת עֶגְלָא, נַפְקַת כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שמות ל״ב:י״ט) וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ מִיָּדָו אֶת הַלֻּחֹת.

The next precept is to restore a lost object, and after it to restore what has been taken by robbery. Said the Holy Lamp: The Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to restore to you the lost thing you lost because of the mixed multitude — and that is your bride; for when the mixed multitude made the calf, your bride went out. This is as it is written, “and he cast the tablets out of his hands” (Ex. 32, 19).

Segment 2ב׳

וְאִתְּמַר בָּךְ לֵךְ רֵד, הָתָם קָא רָמִיז נְחִיתוּ דִּילָךְ, בְּגָלוּתָא רְבִיעָאָה, לֵךְ: כְּגוֹן (בראשית יב) לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וְגוֹ'. הָכָא ש, (איוב ל״ג:כ״ט) הֵן כָּל אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלֹשׁ עִם גָּבֶר. הָכָא קָא רָמִיז לֶךְ, לְךָ ג' זִמְנִין (בגלגולא) בְּגָלוּתָא. רְבִיעָאָה רֵד, בְּגִין בַּת יְחִידָה, כַּלָּה דִּילָךְ, דְּנַפְלַה. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (עמוס ה׳:ב׳) נָפְלָה לא תוֹסִיף קוּם. וּמִיַּד דְּאַנְתְּ נָחִית בְּגִינֵיהּ, תָּקוּם עֲלָךְ וְהַאי (איהו השבת אבדה, והאי אורייתא דאתגליא על ידך האי) אִיהוּ הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה דִּילָךְ,

And it was said to you, “Go, get down” — there it hints at your descent into the fourth exile. “Go”: as in “Go from your country” etc. (Gen. 12, 1). Here, three: “Lo, all these things does God work, twice, yes three times, with a man” (Job 33, 29). Here it hints “Go” — for yourself, three times, in exile; the fourth is “get down”, for the sake of the only daughter, your bride, who has fallen. This is as it is written, “She is fallen, she shall no more rise” (Amos 5, 2). And as soon as you descend for her sake, she shall rise through you; and this is that restoring of a lost object which is yours…

Segment 3ג׳

דְּלָאו לְמַגָּנָא אִתְגַּלְיָא לָךְ אוֹרַיְיתָא, יַתִּיר מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאִסְתַּלָּקַת לְגַבָּךְ, כְּמַיָּא דִּבְאֵר דְּאִסְתַּלָּקוּ לְגַבָּךְ, וְלָא לַאֲבָהָן, וְלָא לְבַר נָשׁ, דְּהָא בְּאֵר מַכֶּרֶת אֲדוֹנֶיהָ. וְאוֹרַיְיתָא דָּא, אִתְּמַר עָלָהּ, (במדבר כ״א:ט״ז) וּמִשָּׁם בְּאֵרָה הִיא הַבְּאֵר וְגוֹ'. הַבְּאֵר הִיא מַלְיָא, וְלָא נָפְקִין מֵימוֹי לְבַר. וְאִיהוּ בְּאֵר מַיָּא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַפִּיק כָּל מַיִין, וְכָל מַיִין דְּעָלְמָא עָאלִין בֵּיהּ, וְלָא נָפְקִין מֵימוֹי לְבַר.

For it was not for nothing that the Torah was revealed to you more than to all Israel, and that it rose up to you, like the waters of the well that rose up to you, and not to the patriarchs and not to any man; for the well knows its master. And of this Torah it is said, “And from there to Beer; that is the well” etc. (Num. 21, 16). The well is full, and its waters do not go out. And it is a well of the waters of the Torah, which brings forth all waters; and all the waters of the world enter into it, and its waters do not go out.

Segment 4ד׳

וְאִיהוּ בְּאֵר דְּאֲפִילּוּ כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא שָׁאֲבִין מִנֵּיהּ מַיָּא, וַאֲפִילּוּ כָּל עֲנָנֵי עָלְמָא, לָא חֲסֵרִין מִנֵּיהּ, אֲפִילּוּ כְּחוּט הַשַּׂעֲרָה. בְּגִין דִּבְאֵר דָּא, לֵית לֵיהּ סוֹף, יַתִּיר עָמוֹק הוּא מִדְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ (איוב י״א:ט׳) וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי יָם. וּבְכַד דִּילֵיהּ, מַאן דְּשָׁאֲבֵי מִנֵּיהּ מַיָּא, אִיהוּ בָּלַע (ס"א כל מימין וכל חכמתין) כָּל חָכְמָתִין דְּעָלְמָא, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בְּאֵר עַצְמוֹ.

And it is a well from which all the people of the world draw water, and even all the clouds of the world, and it is not lessened by so much as a hair’s breadth. For this well has no end; it is deeper than the Torah, of which it is said, “and broader than the sea” (Job 11, 9). And with its pitcher: one who draws water from it swallows up all the wisdoms of the world — how much more the well itself.

Segment 5ה׳

וְכֵן עָתִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאָהַדְרָא לָךְ גֶּזֶל דִּילָךְ, דְּאִיהוּ מַטֶּה, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ (שמואל ב כ״ג:כ״א) וַיִּגְזוֹל אֶת הַחֲנִית מִיַּד הַמִּצְרִי, דְּעָלָךְ אִתְּמַר אִישׁ מִצְרִי. וּבְגָלוּתָא דִּילָךְ וּבְגִלְגּוּלָא דִּילָךְ, יַפְרִישׁ לָךְ עָרֵי מִקְלָט, לְשֵׁזָבָא, מִכַּמָּה דְּרַדְפִין אֲבַתְרָךְ, דְּלֵית לְהוֹן סוֹף.

And so the Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to restore to you what was robbed from you, which is the rod, of which it is said, “and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand” (II Sam. 23, 21) — for of you it is said, “an Egyptian man”. And in your exile and in your transmigration He will set apart for you cities of refuge, to deliver you from the many who pursue you, who have no end.

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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