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זוהר, פקודי ח׳Zohar, Pekudei 8

Section 8 of 63 in Pekudei — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וְרִבִּי יִצְחָק הֲווֹ אַזְלֵי בְּאָרְחָא, אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, וַדַּאי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְרְעֵי בֵּיהּ בִּבְצַלְאֵל לַעֲבִידַת מַשְׁכְּנָא, יַתִּיר מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲמַאי. אָמַר לֵיהּ, שְׁמָא גָּרִים, וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא שַׁוֵּי שְׁמָהָן בְּאַרְעָא, לְאִתְעַטְּרָא (ס"א לאתערא) בְּהוּ, וּלְמֶעְבַּד בְּהוּ עֲבִידְתָּא בְּעָלְמָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (תהילים מ״ו:ט׳) אֲשֶׁר שָׂם שַׁמּוֹת בָּאָרֶץ.

R. Jose and R. Isaac once were walking together when R. Jose remarked: ‘The Holy One, blessed be He, indeed chose Bezalel from all Israel for the work of the Tabernacle. Why so?’ R. Isaac replied: ‘There is something in a name. It has been laid down that God has appointed certain names here on earth to be a crown to men and to enable them to achieve certain things.’

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ, רָזָא אִיהוּ הָכָא, יְהוּדָה מִסְּטָר שְׂמָאלָא הֲוָה, וְאַהְדָּר וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּימִינָא. וְעַל דָּא, בְּסִטְרָא דָּא אִתְעָבִיד מַשְׁכְּנָא, שָׁארֵי מִסְּטָר שְׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּסְטָר יְמִינָא, וּלְבָתַר אִתְכְּלִיל דָּא בְּדָא, וְאִתְעַבִיד כֹּלָּא יְמִינָא. כְּגַוְונָא דָּא אוֹרַיְיתָא, שָׁארֵי מִשְּׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּימִינָא, וְאִתְכְּלִיל דָּא בְּדָא, וְאִתְעָבִיד כֹּלָּא יְמִינָא. רְאוּבֵן שָׁרָא מִימִינָא, וְסָטָא לִשְׂמָאלָא, וְנַטְלוּ עִמֵּיהּ אִינּוּן שְׁאַר שְׁבָטִין, דְּאִינּוּן שְׂמָאלָא, בְּגִין דְּשָׁארִי מִימִינָא וְסָטָא לִשְׂמָאלָא.

R. Jose thereupon said: ‘A more recondite explanation is as follows. Judah was of the “left side”, but then attached himself to the “right side”, and so the Tabernacle was begun from the “left side” and then was joined to the “right side”, so that the whole was transformed into the “right”. Reuben, on the other hand, began on the “right” but turned aside to the “left”, and the other tribes of his company marched together with him, they also belonging to the “left”.

Segment 3ג׳

יְהוּדָה שָׁרָא מִשְּׂמָאלָא, וְסָטָא לִימִינָא, שָׁרָא מִשְּׂמָאלָא, בְּגִין דְּאָתֵי מִסְּטָר שְׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּימִינָא, וּמַשְׁכְּנָא בְּסִטְרָא דָּא אִתְעָבִיד. שָׁארֵי מִסְטַר שְׂמָאלָא, וְאִתְדַּבָּק בִּסְטָר יְמִינָא, וְעַל דָּא, בְּצַלְאֵל אִיהוּ דְּאָתֵי מִסִּטְרֵיהּ, עָבֵד מַשְׁכְּנָא וְאִתְתָּקַּן לְגַבֵּיהּ. וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ, דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִתְרְעֵי בֵּיהּ, וּבָרִיר לֵיהּ מִכֹּלָּא לַעֲבִידְתָּא דָּא.

Hence Bezalel, who was of the tribe of Judah, and thus of the “right side”, made the Tabernacle and completed it. As already said, the Holy One, blessed be He, took delight in him and chose him above all the rest for this work,

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

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