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זוהר, נח כ״גZohar, Noach 23

Section 23 of 44 in Noach — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח (תהילים כ״ד:א׳) לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיְיָ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיוֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ. הָא תָּנִינָן לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר דְּאָמַר שִׁירָתָא וּלְבָתַר שָׁארַת עֲלֵיהּ רוּחַ קַדִּשָׁא, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד דְּשָׁארַת עֲלֵיהּ רוּחַ קַדִּישָׁא וּלְבָתַר אָמַר (לה) שִׁירָתָא.

R. Judah discoursed on the verse: Of David a psalm. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof (Ps. 24, 1). He said: ‘We have been taught that the heading “Of David a psalm” in the Book of Psalms implies that David began to compose of himself and thereby induced the Holy Spirit to rest on him, whereas the heading “A psalm of David” implies the opposite, viz. that the Holy Spirit rested on him first, and under its inspiration he was moved to song.

Segment 2ב׳

לַיְיָ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ, הַאי קְרָא עַל אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִתְּמָר דְּאִיהִי אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא. וּמְלוֹאָהּ דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (דברי הימים ב ה׳:י״ד) כִּי מָלֵא כְבוֹד יְיָ אֶת בֵּית יְיָ. וּכְתִיב, (שמות מ׳:ל״ד) וּכְבוֹד יְיָ מָלֵא אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן. מַאי מָלֵא וְלָא מִילָא. אֶלָּא מָלֵא וַדַּאי דְּאִתְמַלְיָיא מִכֹּלָּא. דְּאִתְמַלְיָיא מִן שִׁמְשָׁא. סִיהֲרָא שְׁלִים בְּכָל סִטְרִין. מָלֵא מִכָּל טוּבָא דִלְעֵילָא. כְּאִסְקוֹפָא דָא דְּאִתְמַלְיָיא מִכָּל טוּבָא דְּעָלְמָא. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב לַיְיָ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ. תֵּבֵל וְיוֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ דָּא שְׁאָר אַרְעָאן.

“The earth” here refers to the holy land of Israel, and by the words “and the fulness thereof” is meant the Shekinah, which is associated with fulness in the verses “for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord” (I Kings 8, 2), and again, “and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle” (Ex. 40, 35). This last passage means literally “the glory of the Lord was full” (male), i.e. full to overflowing, full from all sides both from the sun and the moon like a storehouse filled with all kinds of good things. Similar is the sense of the words “and the fulness thereof here. The words “the world and they that dwell therein” refer to the rest of the world.

Segment 3ג׳

דָּבָר אַחֵר לַיְיָ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ דָּא אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְרָעֵי בָהּ. וּמְלוֹאָהּ אִלֵּין נִשְׁמַתְהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא (ד"א ל"ג דכלהון מליין לה) אִתְמַלְיָיא (ד"א דאתמלייא) מִנַּיְיהוּ מֵחֵילָא דְּעַמּוּדָא חַד דְּעָלְמָא קָיְימָא עֲלֵיהּ.

According to another view, the words “the earth and the fulness thereof” refer to the supernal Holy Land in which is the delight of the Holy One, blessed be He, and the words “the fulness thereof” refer to the souls of the righteous who fill this earth.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)