זוהר, משפטים ח׳Zohar, Mishpatim 8

Section 8 of 30 in Mishpatim — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

פִּקּוּדָא בָּתַר דָּא לִפְדּוֹת עֶבֶד עִבְרִי וְאָמָה הָעִבְרִיָּה, לְיַעֵד אָמָה הָעִבְרִיָּה, לָדוּן בְּקִנְיַן עֶבֶד עִבְרִי, הַעֲנֵק תַּעֲנִיק לוֹ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד. מַאי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד. וּמַאי קִנְיָן דִּילֵיהּ. אֶלָּא בְּסִתְרֵי תּוֹרָה, מְטַטְרוֹ"ן עֶבֶד יְיָ', כָּלִיל שִׁית (צ"ה ע"א) סִטְרִין, כְּחוּשְׁבָּן שִׁית אַתְוָון דִּילֵיהּ, שִׁית סִדְרֵי מִשְׁנָה. וּבְהוֹן אִית לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ לְמִפְלַח לְמָארֵיהּ, לְמֶהֱוֵי לֵיהּ עֶבֶד, (ס"א ממכר) לְמֶעְבָּד קִנְיַן כַּסְפּוֹ, דְּכֶסֶף יְמִינָא, דְּאַבְרָהָם חֶסֶד דַּרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ, אוֹרַיְיתָא מִתַּמָּן אִתְיְהִיבַת.

The next precept is to redeem the Hebrew servant and the Hebrew handmaid; to designate the Hebrew handmaid; to judge concerning the acquisition of a Hebrew servant; “you shall furnish him liberally”. This is as it is written, “If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve” (Ex. 21, 2). What is “six years he shall serve”, and what is his acquisition? But in the secrets of the Torah, Metatron is the servant of the Lord, comprising six directions, according to the number of his six letters, the six orders of the Mishnah. And by them a man must serve his Master, to be a servant to Him, to make himself the acquisition of His money; for money is the right hand — Abraham, whose grade is chesed — and from there the Torah was given.

Segment 2ב׳

וּמַאן דְּאִשְׁתָּדַּל בָּהּ, בְּגִין לְזַכָּאָה (בה) לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, אִקְרֵי קִנְיַן. כַּסְפּוֹ: עָלְמָא דְּכִסּוּפָא. קִנְיָן: עַל שֵׁם (בראשית י״ד:כ״ב) אֵל עֶלְיוֹן קוֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרְץ. (משלי ד׳:ה׳) קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה. קָנָה לוֹ ד"ת.

And one who labours in it in order to gain merit for the world to come is called “acquisition”. “His money”: the world of longing. “Acquisition”: after the name of “God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Gen. 14, 22). “Get wisdom, get understanding” (Prov. 4, 5) — he has acquired for himself words of Torah.

Segment 3ג׳

רַבּוֹ בָּתַר דְּקָנָה לוֹ, גְּאוּלָה תִּהְיֶה לוֹ. אִית דְּאִיהוּ קָנוּי (ליה) לְעוֹלָם, וְאִית דְּאִיהוּ קָנוּי לֵיהּ שִׁית שְׁנִין. מַאן דְּאִיהוּ קָנוּי לֵיהּ לְעוֹלָם, כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, וְרָצַע אֲדוֹנָיו אֶת אָזְנוֹ בַּמַּרְצֵעַ וַעֲבָדוֹ לְעוֹלָם. לֵית עוֹלָם, אֶלָּא עוֹלָמוֹ שֶׁל יוֹבֵל, דְּאִינּוּן חַמְשִׁין. וְדָא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, דְּתַמָּן כ"ה כ"ה אַתְוָון, עַרְבִית וְשַׁחֲרִית. נ' תַּרְעִין דְּבִינָה.

His master, after he has acquired him: “redemption shall be his”. There is one who is acquired to him for ever, and there is one who is acquired to him for six years. Of him who is acquired to him for ever it is written, “and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever” (Ex. 21, 6). There is no “for ever” but the world of the Jubilee, which is fifty. And this is the recitation of the Shema, where there are twenty-five letters and twenty-five letters, evening and morning: the fifty gates of binah.

Segment 4ד׳

בָּתַר דִּמְיַחֵד בְּהוֹן בַּר נָשׁ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִיהוּ עֶבֶד דִּילֵיהּ, בְּעוֹל תְּפִלִּין עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ. וְאֹזֶּן דִּילֵיהּ רְצִיעָא פְּתִיחָא לְמִשְׁמַע קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, דִּשְׁמַע, בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן שֶׁאַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ, דְּהַיְינוּ מַשְׁמָעוּת.

After a man has unified the Holy One, blessed be He, by them — he being His servant — under the yoke of the phylacteries upon his head, and his bored ear open to hear the recitation of the Shema, since “hear” is in any language that you hear, which is to say, comprehension.

Segment 5ה׳

דְּמַאן דְּפִדְיוֹן דִּילֵיהּ תְּלוּיָה בִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, דְּאִיהוּ רָזָא דְּחַמְשִׁין, לֵית לֵיהּ פִּדְיוֹן עַל יַד אַחֲרָא בְּגִלְגּוּלָא, דִּמְרוּצָע הוּא לְמָארֵיהּ, הָכָא לָא אִתְּמַר (ויקרא כ״ה:מ״ט) אוֹ דוֹדוֹ אוֹ בֶן דוֹדוֹ יִגְאָלֶנּוּ. דְּבִצְלוֹתָא דְּבַר נָשׁ, אִיהוּ כְּעֶבֶד, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד. וְאֵין עֲבוֹדָה, אֶלָּא תְּפִלָּה. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד: ג' רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, וְג' אַחֲרוֹנוֹת דְּשְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר אַפִּיק לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ, לְמַאן דְּלָא יָדַע לְצַלָּאָה בְּהוּ דְּצַדִּיק חַי עָלְמָא, אִתְקְרֵי בְּהוּ, עַל שְׁמֵיהּ. בֹּעַז, צַדִּיק, גּוֹאֵל, קָרוֹב, וְנֶאֱמָן.

For one whose redemption depends on the recitation of the Shema, which is the mystery of the fifty, has no redemption at the hand of another in transmigration, since he is bored through to his Master. Here it is not said, “either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him” (Lev. 25, 49). For in a man’s prayer he is like a servant, of whom it is said, “six years he shall serve”; and there is no service but prayer. “Six years he shall serve”: the three first and the three last, in which the reader discharges a man of his obligation, for one who does not know how to pray in them; for the Righteous One, the Life of the worlds, is called by them, after his name: Boaz — righteous, redeemer, near, and faithful.

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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