זוהר, נשא ז׳Zohar, Nasso 7

Section 7 of 23 in Nasso — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְעֵרֶב רַב כְּגַוְונָא דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן, (שמות כ׳:ט״ו) וַיַּרְא הָעָם וַיָּנוּעוּ וַיַּעַמְדוּ מֵרָחוֹק. הָכִי יְהוֹן רְחִיקִין מִן פּוּרְקָנָא, וְיִחְמוּן לְתַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, וּלְעַמָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּכָל הַאי יְקָר, וְאִינּוּן רְחִיקִין מִינַּיְיהוּ. וְאִי בָּעוּ לְאִתְחַבְּרָא בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ מַה כְּתִיב בְּהוּ, (שמות י״ט:י״ג) לֹא תִגַּע בּוֹ יָד כִּי סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵל אוֹ יָרֹה יִיָּרֶה. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא יִתְקַיֵּים בְּהוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, (דברים ל״ב:י״ב) יְיָ בָּדָד יַנְחֶנּוּ וְאֵין עִמּוֹ אֵל נֵכָר, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ אֵין מְקַבְּלִין גֵּרִים לִימוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ. (שמואל א ב׳:ט׳) וּרְשָׁעִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יִדָּמוּ, אִינּוּן עֵרֶב רַב. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר נְבִיאָה עָלַיְיהוּ, (יחזקאל י״ג:ט׳) וְאֶל אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יָבֹאוּ.

And the mixed multitude, in the manner in which it was said of them, “And when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off” (Ex. 20, 15), so will they be far from the redemption; and they will see the students of the Torah and the holy people in all this honour, and they will be far from them. And if they wish to join with them, what is written of them? “No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through” (Ex. 19, 13). At that time there shall be fulfilled in Israel, “The Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him” (Deut. 32, 12); and this has been explained: proselytes are not accepted in the days of the Messiah. “And the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness” (I Sam. 2, 9) — these are the mixed multitude. And therefore the prophet said of them, “neither shall they enter into the land of Israel” (Ezek. 13, 9).

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ, רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, הָא שַׁעֲתָא אִיהִי לְסַלְּקָא לְעֵילָּא, בְּאוֹמָאָה אִימָּא אַנְתְּ, דְּהָא בְּגִינָךְ אֲנָא בָּעֵי לְסַלְּקָא. דְּיָהִיב לִי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא רְשׁוּ, לְאִתְגַּלְיָיא לָךְ בְּבֵית אֲסוּרִים דִּילָךְ, בִּקְבוּרָה דִּילָךְ, וּלְמֶעְבַּד עִמָּךְ טִיבוּ, דְּאַנְתְּ מְחוֹלָל בְּחוֹבִין דְּעַמָּא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (ישעיהו נ״ג:ה׳) וְהוּא מְחוֹלָל מִפְּשָׁעֵינוּ.

Elijah said: Faithful Shepherd, this is the hour to ascend on high. By an oath, do you speak — for it is for your sake that I wish to ascend; for the Holy One, blessed be He, gave me leave to reveal myself to you in your prison, in your burial, and to do kindness with you, for you are wounded by the sins of the people. This is what is written: “But he was wounded because of our transgressions” (Isa. 53, 5).

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, בְּאוֹמָאָה עֲלָךְ בִּשְׁמָא דִּיְדוָֹ"ד, לָא תְּאַחֵר בְּכָל יְכוֹלְתָּךְ, דְּהָא אֲנָא בְּצַּעֲרָא סַגֵּי. (שמות ב׳:י״ב) וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ, עוֹזִר לִי, לְאַפָּקָא לִי מֵהַאי צַּעֲרָא, בְּהַאי קְבוּרָה דְּאִתְּמַר עָלַי, (ישעיהו נ״ג:ט׳) וַיִּתֵּן אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים קִבְרוֹ, וְלָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָן בִּי, וַאֲנִי חָשִׁיב בְּעֵינַיְיהוּ בֵּין עֵרֶב רַב רַשִׁיעֲיָיא, כְּכֶּלֶב מֵת דְּסָּרַח בֵּינַיְיהוּ, דְּחָכְמַת סוֹפְרִים תִּסְרַח בֵּינַיְיהוּ, בְּכָל קַרְתָּא וְקַרְתָּא, וּבְכָל אֲתָר דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מְפוּזָרִין בֵּינַיְיהוּ בֵּין מַלְכְּוָון. וְאִתְהַדְּרוּ אִינּוּן עֵרֶב רַב רַעְיָין עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, עָאנָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוּ (יחזקאל ל״ד:ל״א) וְאַתֵּן צֹּאנִי צֹּאן מַרְעִיתִי אָדָם אַתֶּם, וְלֵית לוֹן יְכוֹלֶת לְמֶעְבַּד טִיבוּ עִם תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים.

The Faithful Shepherd said to him: By an oath upon you, in the Name of the Tetragrammaton, do not delay, with all your power, for I am in great sorrow. “And he looked this way and that way, and he saw that there was no man” (Ex. 2, 12) to help me, to bring me out of this sorrow, in this burial of which it was said of me, “And they made his grave with the wicked” (Isa. 53, 9). And they do not recognise me, and I am reckoned in their eyes, among the wicked of the mixed multitude, like a dead dog that stinks among them; for the wisdom of the scribes shall stink among them, in every city and city, and in every place where Israel are scattered among them, among the kingdoms. And those of the mixed multitude have become shepherds over Israel, the flock of the Holy One, blessed be He, of whom it is said, “And you My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men” (Ezek. 34, 31); and they have no power to do kindness with the students of the Torah.

Segment 4ד׳

וְאַנְשֵׁי חַיִל וְיִרְאֵי חֵטְא מְסוֹבְבִים מֵעִיר לָעִיר וְלֹא יְחוֹנָנוּ, וּמַחֲרִימִין עֵרֶב רַב בֵּינַיְיהוּ. וְלָא יַהֲבִין לוֹן בְּאַתְרִין סַגִּיאִין אֶלָּא דָּבָר קָצּוּב, דְּלָא יְהֵא תְּקוּמָה לִנְפִילוּ דִּלְהוֹן, וַאֲפִילּוּ חַיִּי שָׁעָה. וְכָל חֲכָמִים וְאַנְשֵׁי חַיִל וְיִרְאֵי חֵטְא בְּצַּעֲרָא בְּדוֹחֲקָא בְּיַגוֹנָא, חֲשִׁיבִין כִּכְלָבִים. (איכה ד׳:ב׳) בָּנִים הַמְסוּלָאִים בַּפָּז אֵיכָה נֶחְשְׁבוּ לְנִבְלֵי חֶרֶשׂ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל חוּצּוֹת. דְּלָא אַשְׁכָּחוּ אַכְסַנְיָא בֵּינַיְיהוּ.

And men of valour and those who fear sin go round from city to city and are shown no favour; and the mixed multitude among them place them under ban. And in many places they give them nothing but a fixed dole, so that there should be no rising up from their fall, and not even a life of the hour. And all the sages and the men of valour and those who fear sin are in sorrow, in oppression, in grief, reckoned like dogs. “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter” (Lam. 4, 2), at the head of every street — for they find no lodging among them.

Segment 5ה׳

וְאִינּוּן עֵרֶב רַב, אִינּוּן עֲתִירִין, בְּשַׁלְוָה, בְּחֶדְוָוא, בְּלָא צַּעֲרָא, בְּלָא יְגוֹנָא כְּלָל, גַּזְלָנִין מָארֵי שׁוֹחַד, דְּאִינּוּן דַּיָּינִין רֵישֵׁי עַמָּא. (בראשית ו׳:י״ג) כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם, עָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר (איכה א׳:ה׳) הָיוּ צָּרֶיהָ לְרֹאשׁ. בְּאוֹמָאָה עָלָךְ זִמְנָא תִּנְיָינָא, בְּחַי יְיָ צְּבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹשֵׁב הַכְּרוּבִים, דְּכָל אִלֵּין מִלִּין לָא יִפְּלוּן מִפּוּמָךְ, בְּכָל יְכָלְתָּךְ לְמַלְּלָא בְּהוֹן קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּלְאַחְזָאָה דּוֹחֲקָא דִּלְהוֹן. (ע"כ רעיא מהימנא) (אמור פ"ט ע"א כי אם בתולה וכו')

And those of the mixed multitude are rich, at ease, in gladness, without sorrow, without grief at all; robbers, masters of bribery, who are judges, heads of the people. “For the earth is filled with violence through them” (Gen. 6, 13). Of them it is said, “her adversaries are become the head” (Lam. 1, 5). By an oath upon you a second time, by the life of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel who sits upon the cherubim, that all these words shall not fall from your mouth, with all your power, to speak them before the Holy One, blessed be He, and to show their oppression. (End of Ra'aya Meheimna) (Emor, folio 89a, “but a virgin,” etc.)

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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