זוהר, פנחס ק״וZohar, Pinchas 106

Section 106 of 129 in Pinchas — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים ס״ח:ל״א) גְּעַר חַיַּת קָנֶה עֲדַת אַבִּירִים בְּעֶגְלֵי עַמִּים. גְּעַר חַיַּת, דָּא חַיָּה דְּאִתְאֲחָד בָּהּ עֵשָׂו. קָנֶה: תָּנֵינָן, דִּבְיוֹמָא דְּנָסַב שְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא בַּת פַּרְעֹה, בָּא גַּבְרִיאֵל, נָעַץ קָנֶה בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא, וְעָלֵיהּ אִתְבְּנֵי קַרְתָּא דְּרוֹמִי. מַאי קָנֶה. דָּא דְּכוּרָא דְּהַאי חַיָּה בִּישָׁא, דְּאִית לֵיהּ סִטְרָא זְעֵירָא בְּאַחֲדוּתָא דִּקְדוּשָּׁה. וְדָא אִיהוּ קָנֶה, דְּנָעִיץ בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִיהִי שַׁלְטָא עַל עָלְמָא, וְעַל שׁוּלְטָנוּ דָּא כְּתִיב, (ישעיהו י״ט:ו׳) קָנֶה וָסוּף קָמֵלוּ. קָנֶה, שׁוּלְטָנוּתָא וְרֹאשׁ לְכָל מַלְכְּוָון. תּוּ קָנֶה, דְּזַמִּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְתַּבְרָא לֵיהּ כְּקָנֶה דָּא.

Rabbi Shimon began and said: "Blast the beast of the reed[s] (kaneh), the herd of bulls among the peoples, the calves" (Psalms 68:31). "Blast the beast" - that is the beast that Esav grabbed a hold of. "The reed" - We have learned that on the day that King Shlomo married the daughter of Pharoah, Gavriel appeared and planted a reed in the Great Sea, and the city of Rome was built upon it. What is a kaneh? It is the male of that evil beast, and it has a small side that grabs holiness. And that is that kaneh that he planted in the Great Sea. And because of that, it rules over the world. And about this rulership, it is written (Isaiah 19:6), "reed and rush shall decay." "Kaneh" - it is the rulership and head of all kingdoms. Moreover, kaneh - that the Holy One, blessed be He, has prepared to break it like this reed.

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּמִצְרַיִם אִיהִי שַׁלְטָא, וּמִנָהּ נַפְקוּ כַּמָה שֻׁלְטָנִין לְזִנַּיְיהוּ, וְכֹלָּא בְּרָזָא דְּחָמֵץ, כֵּיוָן דְּתָבַר לָהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אַפִּיק חָמֵץ וְאָעִיל מַצָּה. בְּמָה. בְּחוּטָא זְעֵירָא מִכֹּלָּא, תָּבַר ח' חָמֵץ, וְאִתְעָבִיד מַצָּה. אִינּוּן אַתְוָון. אֶלָּא דְּתָבַר ח' דְּהַאי חַיָּה, דְּאִקְרֵי חָמֵץ. וְעַל דָּא אִקְרֵי חַיַּת קָנֶה, דְּנוֹחַ לְאַתְבְּרָא כְּקָנֶה דָּא. בְּמָה אִתְּבַּר. בְּחוּטָא זְעֵירָא כְּנִימָא, תָּבַר ח' וְאִתְעֲבָר מֵאֵיתָנָהּ, וַהֲוָה מַצָּה. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, גְּעַר חַיַּת קָנֶה, גָּעַר בָּהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְאַתְּבַּר ח' חָמֵץ, וְאִתְעָבִיד ה'. (ס"א ואתעבר ח' חמץ ואתאביד)

Observe: in Egypt she ruled, and from her there went out many dominions after their kinds, and all in the mystery of leaven. Once the Holy One, blessed be He, had broken her, He took out leaven and brought in matzah. With what? With the smallest thread of all He broke the Heth of chametz, and it was made matzah. These are letters. Rather, He broke the Heth of this beast (chayyah), which is called chametz. And therefore it is called “the beast of the reed”, for it is as easy to break as this reed. With what was it broken? With a thread as small as a hair He broke the Heth, and it passed from its strength, and it became matzah. And therefore it is written, “Rebuke the beast of the reed”: the Holy One, blessed be He, rebuked it, and the Heth of chametz was broken, and it was made He (a variant reads: and the Heth of chametz passed away and was lost).

Segment 3ג׳

וְזַמִּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. לְתַּבְרָא לֵיהּ לְהַהוּא קָנֶה, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא, יַתְבָּר רַגְלֵיהּ דְּק' מִקָנֶה, וְיִשְׁתְּאַר הִנֵּה. (ישעיהו מ׳:י׳) הִנֵּה יְיָ אֱלֹהִים בְּחָזָק יָבֹא וּזְרוֹעוֹ מוֹשְׁלָה לוֹ הִנֵּה שְׂכָרוֹ אִתּוֹ וּפְעוּלָּתוֹ לְפָנָיו. מַאי וּפְעוּלָּתוֹ. דָּא פֹּעַל דְּהַהִיא ק' (ס"א פעולה דההוא חמץ) דְּיַתְבַּר לָהּ, וְאִיהִי פְּעוּלָה לְפָנָיו, אִיהוּ יַעְבַּר רַגְלֵיהּ, וִיהֵא הִנֵּה (ישעיהו מ״א:כ״ז) רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן הִנֵּה הִנָּם וְגוֹ'.

And the Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to break that reed in the same way: He will break the leg of the Koph from kaneh (reed), and hineh (behold) will remain. “Behold, the Lord God will come as a mighty one, and His arm will rule for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him” (Isa. 40, 10). What is “and His recompense (pe'ullato)”? This is the working (po'al) of that Koph (a variant reads: the working of that leaven) which He will break; and it is a recompense before Him: He will remove its leg, and it will be hineh — “A harbinger to Zion: Behold, behold them,” etc. (Isa. 41, 27).

Segment 4ד׳

רעיא מהימנא רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח וְאָמַר, גְּעַר חַיַּת קָנֶה עֲדַת אַבִּירִים בְּעֶגְלֵי עַמִּים. גְּעַר חַיַּת קָנֶה, דָּא קָנֶה דְּאִתְאֲחָד בֵּיהּ עֵשָׂו, דְּאִיהִי קַרְתָּא דְּרוֹמִי רַבְּתָא, דְּנָעַץ גַּבְרִיאֵל קָנֶה בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא, וּבָנוּ עָלֶיהָ כְּרָךְ גָּדוֹל דְּרוֹמִי. קָנֶה דְּחָמֵץ. וְכַד יִיתֵי פּוּרְקָנָא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, יִתְבַּר לֵיהּ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב גְּעַר חַיַּת קָנֶה עֲדַת. וּמִתְעַבָּר מִיַּד חָמֵץ מֵעָלְמָא. מַחְמֶצֶּת דִּילֵיהּ רוֹמִי. וְיִתְגַּלְיָּא מַצָּה בְּעָלְמָא, דְּאִיהִי בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא דְּבַיִת רִאשׁוֹן וּבַיִת שֵׁנִי.

Ra'aya Meheimna. R. Simeon opened and said: “Rebuke the beast of the reed, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples.” “Rebuke the beast of the reed” — this is the reed to which Esau held fast, which is the city of great Rome; for Gabriel stuck a reed in the great sea, and upon it they built the great city of Rome. The reed of leaven. And when redemption comes to Israel, it will be broken. This is what is written, “Rebuke the beast of the reed, the multitude.” And at once leaven will pass away from the world — its machmetzet is Rome — and matzah will be revealed in the world, which is the Temple of the first house and the second house.

Segment 5ה׳

אָמַר בּוּצִּינָא קַדִּישָׁא (ס"א רעיא מהימנא), דְּאִינּוּן לָקֳבֵל בַּת עַיִן יָמִין, וּבַת עַיִן שְׂמֹאל. וְאִינּוּן לָקֳבֵל (לחם משנה) רוֹמִי רַבָּתִי, רוֹמִי זְעֵירָא. לָקֳבֵל תְּרֵין עֲנָנִין, דִּמְכַּסְּיָין עַל בַּת עֵינָא יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא. וְאִינּוּן לָקֳבֵל שְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ. וְעַד דְּאִלֵּין יִתְבַּעֲרוּן מֵעָלְמָא בַּל יִרָאֶה וּבַל יִמָּצֵּא חַד מִנַּיְיהוּ, בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן וְשֵׁנִי לָא יִתְגַּלְיָין בְּעָלְמָא.

The Holy Lamp said (a variant reads: the Faithful Shepherd): For they correspond to the right pupil of the eye and the left pupil of the eye. And they correspond (a variant adds: the double bread) to great Rome and little Rome; corresponding to two clouds that cover over the right and the left pupil of the eye. And they correspond to se'or (sourdough) and chametz. And until these are cleared out of the world — “it shall not be seen” and “it shall not be found” — not one of them, the first and the second house will not be revealed in the world.

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