זוהר, נח מ״גZohar, Noach 43

Segment 4ד׳

וְאִנּוּן דְּשָׁלְטֵי לָא שָׁלְטֵי בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּגִין דְּהַשַּׁעַר הַזֶּה אִיהוּ סָגוּר. אֲבָל בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת וּבְיוֹם הַחֹדֶשׁ כֻּלְהוּ מִתְעַבְּרָן וְלָא שָׁלְטִין בְּגִין דְּהַשַּׁעַר הַזֶּה אִיהוּ פָּתוּחַ וְעָלְמָא אִיהוּ בְּחֶדְוָה וְאִתְּזָן מִתַּמָּן וְלָא אִתְיְיהִיב עָלְמָא לִרְשׁוּ אָחֳרָא.

that land cannot be touched by them because the gate is shut. But on the Sabbath day and on the day of the new moon they are removed from control because the gate is open, and the world is in festivity and derives its sustenance from there, and is not under any other power.

Segment 5ה׳

וְאִי תֵימָא דְּכָל אִנּוּן שִׁית יוֹמִין אִנּוּן שָׁלְטִין בִּלְחוֹדַיְיהוּ. תָּא חֲזֵי, הַפּוֹנֶה קָדִים. עַד לָא יְקוּמוּן לְשַׁלְטָאָה אִיהוּ אִסְתַּכַּל תָּדִיר בְּעָלְמָא. אֲבָל לָא אִתְפַּתַּח לְאִתְזְנָא עָלְמָא מִקּוּדְשָׁא בַּר בְּיוֹמָא דְשַׁבַּתָּא וּבְיוֹמָא דְחָדְשָׁא. וְכֻלְהוּ יוֹמִין כֻּלְהוּ אִתְדַּבְּקָן בְּיוֹמָא דְשַׁבַּתָּא וְאִתְזְנוּ מִתַּמָּן. דְּהָא (ד"א ל"ג כדין) בְּיוֹמָא דְּשַׁבַּתָּא כֻּלְהוּ תַּרְעִין פְּתִיחָן וְנַיְיחָא אִשְׁתְּכַח לְכֹלָּא לְעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. תָּא חֲזֵי, וַיֵּרֶד יְיָ לִרְאוֹת. נָחַת מִקּוּדְשָׁא לְחוֹל (ורדיד פרישא) לְאַשְׁגָּחָא בַּמֶּה דְּבָּנוּ וְקָיְימוּ קִיּוּמָא לְאַתְעָרָא עַל עָלְמָא לְדָחֲלָא לוֹן.

But think not that the six days have the sole dominion, even when they are in control, for we are told that that gate “looketh towards the east”, i.e. the Eternal; for the Eternal, even before they assumed control, had the world under His observation, only the gate is not to be opened, so that the world should not receive sustenance from the sacred source save on Sabbath and new moons. Indeed, all the days are attached to the Sabbath day, from which they draw their sustenance, and on which all the gates are opened, and rest is vouchsafed to all on high and below. Similarly here, THE LORD CAME DOWN TO SEE, i.e. He descended from the sacred to the profane, in order to survey what they had built and what steps they had taken to establish an idolatrous worship.’