זוהר, משפטים ו׳Zohar, Mishpatim 6

Section 6 of 30 in Mishpatim — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְהַאי אִיהוּ פִּקּוּדָא, (מב) (חדא) לְהַפְרִישׁ עָרֵי מִקְלָט, לְמַאן דְּקָטַל, בְּגִין הַהוּא מִצְרִי דְּקָטַלַת בְּמִצְרַיִם, דְּתַּמָּן הֲוָה נָחָשׁ הַקַּדְמוֹנִי וְכָל מַשִּׁרְיָיתֵיהּ, דַּהֲווֹ סָחֲרִין לֵיהּ, וְקָטְלַת לֵיהּ בְּלָא זִמְנֵיהּ, וְלָא דָּחַלְתָּ מֵרוֹדְפִין דִּילֵיהּ, דִּבְכַמָּה אַתְרִין רָדְפוּ אֲבָתְרָךְ, כַּמָּה נָשִׁין בְּנַעֲרוּתָךְ, דְּאִינּוּן נַעֲמָ"ה אַגְרַ"ת לִילִי"ת אוּכָמָא. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהִיב לָךְ עָרֵי מִקְלָט, לְאִשְׁתְּזָבָא מִנְּהוֹן, וְאִינּוּן שַׁעֲרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה.

And this is a precept: to set apart cities of refuge for one who has killed — because of that Egyptian whom you killed in Egypt; for there was the primeval serpent and all his hosts that surrounded him, and you killed him before his time, and you did not fear his pursuers. For in many places they have pursued you: how many women in your youth, who are Naamah, Agrath, Lilith the Black. And the Holy One, blessed be He, gives you cities of refuge, to be delivered from them; and they are the gates of repentance.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּגִין דְּאַתְּ בֵּן יָהּ, בְּרָא דְּאַבָּא וּדְאִמָא. בָּתַר דְּהַדְרַת בְּהֵ"א בְּתִיוּבְתָּא, אִסְתְּלַּקְתּ בַּבִּינָה, יה"ו, אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, וּבְגִינָהּ אַתְּ זָכֵי לְאָת ה', בְּגִין דְּאַעִילַת גַּרְמָךְ אֲבַתְרָהָא, בְּתִיוּבְתָּא לְאָהַדְרָא לָהּ לְמָרָךְ, וּלְסַלְּקָא לָהּ מִגָּלוּתָא, וְלָא לְקַבְּלָא אַנְתְּ אַגְרָא.

Because you are the son of Yod-He, the son of the Father and of the Mother. After you returned in repentance by the letter He’, you rose into binah (understanding), Yod-He-Vau, the Tree of Life; and through her you attain the letter He’, because you brought yourself in after her, in repentance, to restore her to your Master and to raise her out of exile, and not that you should receive a reward.

Segment 3ג׳

וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, שַׁוֵּי שְׁמֵיהּ בָּךְ, וּבְגִין דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה דִּילָךְ הֲוַת לְעִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת, שַׁוִּי בָּךְ מַחֲשַׁבְתֵּיהּ, דְּאִיהִי יוּ"ד הֵ"א וָא"ו הֵ"א. וְעִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת, אִיהוּ מְיַחֵד אִלֵּין אַתְוָון בָּךְ, לְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָא לֵיהּ בְּאִלֵּין אַתְוָון.

And the Holy One, blessed be He, set His Name in you; and because your thought was toward the Cause of causes, He set His thought in you, which is Yod-He-Vau-He. And the Cause of causes unifies these letters in you, to be known by these letters.

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְגִין דְּאַתְּ הֲוֵית גּוֹמֵל חֶסֶד עִם שְׁכִינְתָּא, דְּכָל פִּקּוּדִין דִּילָךְ לְקַיְּימָא, אֵיזֶהוּ חָסִיד הַמִּתְחַסֵּד עִם קוֹנוֹ. יָהַב לָךְ מִדַּת חֶסֶד. וּבְגִין דְּנָטַרְתָּ פִּקּוּדִין דְּלָא תַּעֲשֶׂה, וַהֲוָה לָךְ לְאִתְגַּבְּרָא עַל יִצְרָךְ, לְמִקְשָׁר לֵיהּ תְּחוֹת יְדָךְ, וְלָא אִשְׁתַּדְּלַת בְּהַאי פִּקּוּדָא, אֶלָּא לְקַשְּׁרָא סָמָאֵ"ל תְּחוֹת יְדָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּבַת זוּגֵיהּ דְּאִיהִי שִׁפְחָתָא בִּישָׁא, תְּחוֹת יַד גְּבִירְתָּא. לוֹן וּלְכָל מְמָנָן וּלְכָל מַשְׁרְיָין דִּלְהוֹן. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהַב לָךְ, מִדַּת גְּבוּרָה דִּילֵיהּ, לְמֶהוֵי בִּסְיַּעְתָּךְ דְּיִתְחַלְחַלוּן וִידַחֲלוּן מִינָךְ, סָמָאֵ"ל וּבַת זוּגֵיהּ, וְכָל מְמָנָן וּמַשְׁרְיָין דִּלְהוֹן, וִיהוֹן קְשׁוּרִים בְּשַׁלְשְׁלָאֵי תְּחוֹת יְדָךְ.

And because you dealt kindly with the Shekinah — for all your precepts were to fulfil “Who is pious? He who deals piously with his Maker” — He gave you the measure of chesed (grace). And because you kept the negative precepts, and it was for you to prevail over your inclination, to bind it under your hand, and you laboured in this precept only to bind Samael under the hand of the Holy One, blessed be He, and his consort, who is the evil handmaid, under the hand of the mistress — them, and all their chieftains, and all their hosts — the Holy One, blessed be He, gave you His measure of gevurah (might), to be at your aid, that Samael and his consort and all their chieftains and hosts should be shaken and afraid before you, and be bound in chains under your hand.

Segment 5ה׳

וּבְגִין דְּהַדְרַת בְּתִיוּבְתָּא, בְּאוֹת בְּרִית, נָחִית בִּינָה יה"ו, לְאִתְחַבְּרָא בְּצַדִיק. בְּגִינָךְ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יָהִיב לָךְ אוֹת בְּרִית צַדִּיק דִּילֵיהּ. וּבְגִין דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה טוֹבָה עָבַדְתְּ כֹּלָּא, הָכִי נָחִית שְׁמָא מְפֹרָשׁ (דמרך) עָלָךְ, וּמִתַּמָּן, (נ"א רשומא דנחית) נָחִית עָלָךְ.

And because you returned in repentance by the sign of the covenant, binah, Yod-He-Vau, descended to join with the Righteous One. For your sake the Holy One, blessed be He, gives you the sign of the covenant, His Righteous One. And because you did all with good intent, so the ineffable Name descended upon you; and from there it descended upon you.

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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