Zohar, NoachAll 24,637 segments of the Zoharic corpus open with Premium, from $2.60 a month.Become a premium member

The Zohar · Noach

זוהר, נח ל״טZohar, Noach 39

Section 39 of 44 in Noach — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר (תהילים נ״א:ה׳) כִּי פְשָׁעַי אֲנִי אֵדָע וְחַטָּאתִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִיד. כַּמָּה אִית לוֹן לִבְנֵי נָשָׁא לְאִסְתַּמְּרָא מֵחוֹבַיְיהוּ מִקַּמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. דְּהָא לְבָתַר דְּחָטָא בַּר נָשׁ רָשִׁים הוּא חוֹבֵיהּ לְעֵילָא וְלָא אִתְמְחַק בַּר בְּתוּקְפָא דִּתְיוּבְתָּא סַגְיָא. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (ירמיהו ב׳:כ״ב) כִּי אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר וְתַרְבִּי לָךְ בּוֹרִית נִכְתַּם עֲוֹנֵךְ לְפָנָי.

R. Simeon further discoursed, beginning with the verse: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me (Ps. 51, 5). He said: ‘How much must a man be on his guard against sinning before the Holy One, blessed be He, for each sin committed by man is recorded on high, and is not blotted out save by much repentance, as it is said, “For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me” (Jer. 2, 22).

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, כֵּיוָן דְּחָב בַר נָשׁ קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא זִמְנָא חָדָא עָבִיד רְשִׁימוּ. וְכַד חָב בֵּיהּ זִמְנָא תִּנְיָינָא אִתְתַּקַּף הַהוּא רְשִׁימוּ יַתִּיר. חָב בֵּיהּ זִמְנָא תְּלִיתָאָה אִתְפַּשַּׁט הַהוּא כִּתְמָא מִסִּטְרָא דָא לְסִטְרָא דָא, כְּדֵין כְּתִיב נִכְתַּם עֲוֹנֵךְ לְפָנָי.

For when a man commits a sin once before God, it leaves a mark, and when he repeats the same sin that mark is deepened, and after a third time it becomes a stain spreading from one side to the other, as expressed in the words, “thine iniquity is become a stain before me” (Ibid.).

Segment 3ג׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, דָּוִד מַלְכָּא כֵּיוָן דְּחָב קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַל עִסְקָא דְּבַת שֶׁבַע, חָשִׁיב דְּהַהוּא חוֹבָא אִתְרְשִׁים עֲלֵיהּ לְעָלְמִין. מַה כְּתִיב, (שמואל ב י״ב:י״ג) גַּם יְיָ הֶעֱבִיר חַטָּאתְךָ לא תָמוּת. (קודשא בריך הוא) אַעֲבַר הַהוּא רְשִׁימוּ מִקַּמֵּיהּ.

When David committed his great sin in taking Bath-Sheba, he thought that it would leave its mark forever, but the message came to him, “The Lord also hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die” (II Sam. 12, 13); i.e. the stain has been removed.’

…and 3 more segments in this section.

Become a premium member

Or start free — a free account opens your first 5 gematria searches in full. Create free account

The daily learning is free on your account, every day.

Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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