זוהר, פנחס קכ״בZohar, Pinchas 122

Segment 1א׳

וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת פַּר אֶחָד אַיִל אֶחָד, הָא אוּקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, לְמַלְכָּא דְּזַמִּין אוּשְׁפִּיזִין, לְבָתַר דְּשָׁלַח לוֹן, אָמַר לְאִלֵּין בְּנֵי בֵּיתָא דִּילֵיהּ, אֲנָא וְאַתּוּן נַּעְבִיד סְעוּדָה קְטַנָּה. וּמַאי עֲצֶרֶת. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (שמואל א ט׳:י״ז) זֶה יַעְצוֹר בְּעַמִּי, וְלֵית עֶצֶר אֶלָּא מַלְכוּת. מִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא עִלָּאָה, עָבִיד סְעוּדָתָא רַבְרְבָא, וּמִסִּטְרָא דְּמַלְכוּתָא, סְעוּדָתָא זְעֵירָא. וְנוֹהֲגִין לְמֶעְבַּד יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמָּהּ חֶדְוָה, וְאִתְקְרִיאַת שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה. וּמְעַטְּרָן לְסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה בְּכֶתֶר דִּילֵיהּ, רֶמֶז סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה לְתִפְאֶרֶת, שְׁכִינְתָּא עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת.

And on the eighth day of Atzeret (solemn gathering) - one bull, one ram. Behold, the master of our Mishnah established it to be about a king that invited guests. After he sent them away, he said to those members of his household, "You and I shall make a small banquet." So what is an atzeret? It is like you say (I Samuel 9:17), "this one will rule (yaatzor) over My people." So aatzar is only monarchy. From the side of the supernal Divine Presence He makes a great banquet; from the side of Kingship (Malkhut), a small banquet. And Israel is accustomed to be joyful with him, so it is called Simchat Torah. And we crown the Torah scroll with its crown, a hint that the Torah scroll is Splendor (Tiferet). The Divine Presence is crowned with splendor

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, אַבָּא, אֲמַאי מִסִּטְרָא דְּאִמָּא עִלָּאָה, זַמִּין לְכָל מְמָנָן דְּכָל אוּמִין, וּמִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא תַּתָּאָה, לָא זַמִּין אֶלָּא לְאוּמָה יְחִידָה, לָקֳבֵל פַּר יְחִידָא.

R. Eleazar said: Father, why from the side of the supernal Mother does He invite all the chieftains of all the nations, and from the side of the lower Shekinah He invites only a single nation, corresponding to a single bullock?

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ בְּרִי, שַׁפִּיר שְׁאִילַת. בְּגִין דְּמַלְכוּת אִיהִי רְמִיזָא לִבְרַתָּא, דְּאִיהִי צְנוּעָה בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ. וְאִיהִי אֲרוּסָה וְלָא נְשׂוּאָה. לָאו אוֹרַח אַרְעָא, לְמֵיכַל עִם אוֹשְׁפִּיזִין. אֲבָל אִימָּא דְּהִיא נְשׂוּאָה, אוֹרַח אַרְעָא אִיהוּ (למיכל עם אורחי) בָּתַר דִּמַזְמִּין בַּעְלָהּ אוֹשְׁפִּיזֵי, לְמֵיכַל עַל פָּתוֹרָא עִם בַּעְלָהּ. וְאִי אִינּוּן אוּשְׁפִּיזִין נֻכְרָאִין, לָא אַכְלֵי עִמְּהוֹן, לָא אַבָּא, וְלָא אִמָּא, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן בְּרַתָּא. וּבְגִין כַּךְ בִּסְעוּדָתָא דְּשִׁבְעִין מְמָנָן, לָא אִשְׁתְּתַּף לְמֵיכַל עִמְּהוֹן, חַד מִן מָארֵי מַלְכָּא, בְּגִין דְּאִינּוּן נוּכְרָאִין. אָמַר לֵיהּ ודַּאי כְּעַן אִתְיַישְּׁבַת מִלָּה בְּלִבָּאִי, עַל בּוּרְיֵיהּ.

He said to him: My son, you have asked well. Because malchut is alluded to as the daughter, who is modest in the house of her father and her mother; and she is betrothed and not married, and it is not the way of the world for her to eat with guests. But the Mother, who is married — it is the way of the world (a variant adds: to eat with the guests), after her husband has invited guests, to eat at the table with her husband. And if those guests are strangers, neither Father nor Mother eats with them, and all the more so the daughter. And therefore at the meal of the seventy chieftains not one of the King's household joined to eat with them, because they are strangers. He said to him: Assuredly, now the matter is settled in my heart, in its full clarity.