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זוהר, נשא י״טZohar, Nasso 19

Section 19 of 23 in Nasso — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

(במדבר ו׳:כ״ז) וְשָׂמוּ אֶת שְׁמִי. מַהוּ וְשָׂמוּ אֶת שְׁמִי. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, יְתָּקְּנוּ. כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב, (במדבר ד׳:י״ט) וְשָׂמוּ אוֹתָם אִישׁ אִישׁ עַל עֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְאֶל מַשָּׂאוֹ. לְאַתְקְּנָא בְּבִרְכָתְהוֹן כִּתְרִין דִּימִינָא לִימִינָא, וְכִתְרִין דִּשְׂמָאלָא לִשְׂמָאלָא, כַּדְּקָא חֲזֵי. דְּבַעְיָא דְּלָא יִטְעוּן בְּהוֹן, לְאַתְקְּנָא כֹּלָּא, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבָּרְכוּן עִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין.

SO THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. R. Judah said that the term samu (put) conveys the idea of orderly arrangement, as the priests are therein bidden to arrange by their blessing the Crowns of the right to the right, and the Crowns of the left to the left, without confusing them, so that the upper world and the lower will receive the blessing.

Segment 2ב׳

וְאִי יַעַבְדוּן הָכִי, מַה כְּתִיב. וַאֲנִי אֲבָרַכֵם. לְמַאן. לְאִינּוּן כַּהֲנֵי, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית כ״ז:כ״ט) וּמְבָרַכֶיךָ בָּרוּךְ. וּכְתִיב (בראשית י״ב:ג׳) וַאֲבָרְכָה מְבָרַכֶיךָ. אִינּוּן מְבָרְכִין לְעַמָּא, וַאֲנָא אֲבָרֵךְ לְהוּ. וּלְפִיכָךְ כְּתִיב וְשָׂמוּ, וְלָא כְּתִיב יֹאמְרוּ, אוֹ יִזְכְּרוּ.

If they follow this, then I WILL BLESS THEM, a blessing extended to the priests themselves, as we read: “And blessed be every one that blesseth thee” (Gen. 27, 29), also, “And I will bless them that bless thee” (Ibid. 12, 3).

Segment 3ג׳

תָּאנָא, כָּל כֹּהֵן דְּלָא רַחֲמִין לֵיהּ עַמָּא, לָא יִפְרוֹס יְדוֹי. וְעוֹבָדָא הֲוָה בְּחַד כֹּהֵן דְּקָם וּפָרִיס יְדוֹי, וְעַד דְּלָא אַשְׁלִים, אִתְעָבִיד תִּלָּא דְּגַרְמֵי. מַאי טַעְמָא. מִשּׁוּם דְּלָא בְּרִיךְ בַּחֲבִיבוּתָא. וְקָם אַחֵר וּפָרִיס יְדוֹי וּבָרִיךְ, וְאִתְתָּקַּן הַהוּא יוֹמָא. כָּל כֹּהֵן דְּהוּא לָא רָחִים לְעַמָּא, אוֹ עַמָּא לָא רַחֲמִין לֵיהּ, לָא יִפְרוֹס יְדוֹי לְבָרְכָא לְעַמָּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (משלי כ״ב:ט׳) טוֹב עַיִן הוּא יְבוֹרָךְ אַל תִּקְרֵי יְבוֹרָךְ, אֶלָּא יְבָרֵךְ.

We are told that a priest not beloved by the people ought not to take part in blessing the people. On one occasion, when a priest went up and spread forth his hands, before he completed the blessing he turned into a heap of bones. This happened to him because there was no love between him and the people. Then another priest went up and pronounced the blessing, and so the day passed without harm. A priest who loves not the people, or whom they love not, may not pronounce the blessing. So Scripture says: “He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed” (Prov. 22, 9), where the word YeBoRaKH (shall be blessed) can also be read YeBaReKH (shall bless).’

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)