זוהר, פנחס קט״וZohar, Pinchas 115

Segment 1א׳

רַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא אָמַר, בְּהַאי יוֹמָא, לָא נַטְלִין יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָּא חָמֵשׁ בְּנִין, וְאִינּוּן חֲמִשָּׁה חוּמָשֵׁי תּוֹרָה. וְאִי תֵּימָא שִׁית אִינּוּן. אֶלָּא שֶׁבַע אִינּוּן, בְּחַד צִפּוֹרָא דְּאִשְׁכְּחַת בֵּין גַּדְפָהָא דְּאִימָּא. וְיִשְׂרָאֵל, יַדְעֵי לְמֵיצָד צֵידָא טָבָא, רַבָּא וְיַקִּירָא. מַה עָבְדֵי. מַפְּקֵי מִתְּחוֹת גַּדְפָהָא דְּאִמָּהָא, הַהוּא צִפּוֹרָא, בִּלְחִישׁוּ דְּפוּמָא מְלַחֲשׁוּ לְגַבָּהּ, לְחִישׁוּ בָּתַר לְחִישׁוּ.

Rab Hamnuna the Elder said: On this day Israel take only five young, and these are the five books of the Torah. And if you say they are six — rather, they are seven, with one bird that is found between the wings of the Mother. And Israel know how to hunt a good catch, great and precious. What do they do? They bring out that bird from under the wings of her mother; with a whisper of the mouth they whisper toward her, whisper after whisper.

Segment 2ב׳

וְהַהוּא צִפּוֹרָא דְּחָיִישׁ (ס"א דרחים) לְאִינּוּן לְחִישִׁין, וּלְאִינּוּן קָלִין, דְּקָא מְלַחֲשֵׁי לְגַבָּהּ. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיהִי תְּחוֹת גַּדְפֵּי אִמָּהָא, זָקִיף רֵישָׁא וְאִסְתַּכְּלַת לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא לְחִישׁוּ דְּקָלָא, וּפַרְחַת לְגַבַּיְיהוּ, וְנַפְקַת מִתְּחוֹת גַּדְפָהָא דְּאִימָּא. כֵּיוָן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל נַטְלֵי לָהּ, אַתְקִיפוּ בָּהּ, וְלַחֲשִׁין לָהּ, וְקַשְׁרִין לָהּ בְּקִשּׁוּרָא דְּלָא תִּפְרַח וְתֵזִיל. מִיַּד נַטְלֵי לָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהַהוּא קִשּׁוּרָא, וְאִיהִי בָּעָאת לְמִפְרַח וּלְמֵיזַל, וְלָא יָכִילַת לְמֵיזָל לָהּ.

And that bird, which heeds (a variant reads: which loves) those whispers and those voices that whisper toward her — even though she is under the wings of her mother, she lifts up her head and looks toward that whisper of the voice, and flies to them, and goes forth from under the wings of the Mother. As soon as Israel take her, they hold her fast, and whisper to her, and bind her with a binding, so that she should not fly off and go. At once Israel take her in that binding; and she wishes to fly and to go, and is not able to go.

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְעוֹד דְּהִיא קְשִׁירָא בִּידַיְיהוּ, אִינּוּן מְלַחֲשֵׁי בְּקַלֵיהוֹן, וְאִיהִי מְצַפְצְפָא בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ, וּפַרְחַת לְעֵילָּא, וְנַחְתַּת. וְכָל אִינּוּן בְּנִין דִּתְחוֹת גַּדְפֵּי אִמְּהוֹן, כֵּיוָן דְּשַׁמְעֵי הַהוּא צִפְצֻפָא דְּאַחֲתְהוֹן, וּלְחִישׁוּ דְּהַהוּא קָלָא, מִיַּד נַפְקֵי מִתְּחוֹת גַּדְפָהָא דְּאִמְּהוֹן, וּפַרְחֵי לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא צִפּוֹרָא, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל נַטְלֵי לוֹן, וְאַחְדֵּי בְּהוּ. וְאִלְמָלֵא הַהוּא צִפּוֹרָא דְּקָא אַחְדֵּי בְּקַדְמִיתָא, אִינּוּן לָא פַּרְחֵי לְגַבַּיְיהוּ לְעָלְמִין, וְלָא יַכְלִין לְאַחֲדָא בְּהוּ.

And while she is bound in their hands, they whisper with their voices, and she chirps with them, and flies upward, and comes down. And all those young that are under the wings of their mother — as soon as they hear that chirping of their sister, and the whisper of that voice, at once they go forth from under the wings of their mother, and fly to that bird; and Israel take them and hold them. And were it not for that bird which they hold first, they would never fly to them, and they could not hold them.