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זוהר, פקודי י״טZohar, Pekudei 19

Section 19 of 63 in Pekudei — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, נְחוֹשֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָה דְּקָא אַמָרָן, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן (רל"ג ע"א) טוּרֵי נְחֹשֶׁת, דְּאִקְרוּן הָרֵי נְחֹשֶׁת. וְאִינּוּן דְּאִקְרוּן אַדְנֵי נְחֹשֶׁת. (ואלין) קַיְימִין תַּרְעִין, בְּכָל אִינּוּן פִּתְחִין, וְסַחֲרִין לְהוּ, לְכָל אִינּוּן דְּקַיְימִן לְגוֹ, בְּגִין דְּאִלֵּין אִינּוּן תַּרְעִין דְּקַיְימִין לְפִתְחִין לְבַר, וְאִלֵּין עָאלִין וְנַפְקֵי בְּבֵי מַלְכָּא.

The “brass of waving”, previously mentioned, represents the so-called “Brass-Mountains”, and the “sockets of brass” represent the gates through which entrance is made to the King.

Segment 2ב׳

וּמִן נְחֹשֶׁת דָּא, כָּל אִינּוּן מָאנִין דְּמַדְבְּחָא לְשַׁמְּשָׁא בָּהּ. וְאִלֵּין אִינּוּן מָאנִין לְמַדְבְּחָא, דְּכַד נִשְׁמָתִין מִתְקָרְבִין לְסַלְּקָא עַל גַּבֵּי מַדְבְּחָא, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן פַּלְחִין הַהוּא פּוּלְחָנָא דְּמַדְבְּחָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ מְסַיְּיעֵי לְשַׁמְּשָׁא הַהוּא שִׁמּוּשָׁא, וְאִקְרוּן כְּלֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. וְכָל אִלֵּין מָאנִין, וְכָל אִינּוּן יְתֵדוֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, כֻּלְּהוּ בִּשְׁמָהָן אִקְרוּן, מָאנִי דְּשִׁמּוּשָׁא לְשַׁמְּשָׁא בְּקוּדְשָׁא. וְעַל דָּא קַיְימִין כֻּלְּהוּ מְמָנָן יְדִיעָאן, וּרְתִיכִין יְדִיעָאן, וְרוּחִין יְדִיעָאן, כָּל חַד וְחַד כַּדְקָא חֲזֵי לֵיהּ. וּבְהֵיכָלִין דְּקוּדְשָׁא דְּאִינּוּן הֵיכָלִין יְדִיעָאן, כֻּלְּהוּ בְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא.

Now of that brass were made all the ministering vessels of the altar. They are, indeed, ministers to the altar, because when the souls of men come up on the altar it is they that execute the service of the altar, and help it to perform its function, and hence they are named “vessels of the altar”. All those “pins of the Tabernacle”, and vessels, are specified by name as vessels of service, to serve in the Sanctuary. Hence they all stand as appointed chieftains and Chariot legions and heavenly spirits, each in its rank. They are, moreover, all numbered, their numbers being kept within certain Sacred Palaces.

Segment 3ג׳

קִשּׁוּרָא דְּדַהֲבָא בְּדַהֲבָא. כַּסְפָּא בְּכַסְפָּא. נְחָשָׁא בִּנְחָשָׁא. אִלֵּין דִּנְחֹשֶׁת דִּלְתַתָּא, נַטְלֵי חֵילָא מִנְּחֹשֶׁת דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְכֵן כֹּלָּא. כָּל אִינּוּן גַּוְונִין מִתְעָרְבֵי אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין, לְאַחֲדָא לְאִתְקַשְּׁרָא אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין.

There is an interaction of gold and gold, silver and silver, brass and brass. The brass here below derives its power from the supernal brass, and so with the rest. Besides, all those varieties are interfused with each other, the clasps of gold binding together the curtains, the clasps of brass binding the Tabernacle, all being ranged opposite each other.

…and 3 more segments in this section.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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