זוהר, פנחס קכ״גZohar, Pinchas 123

Section 123 of 129 in Pinchas — 23 segments

Segment 1א׳

עוֹלַת תָּמִיד, דָּא שְׁכִינְתָּא, דִּסְלִיקַת לְעֵילָּא בְּהַהוּא דַּרְגָּא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ עֶרֶב וָבוֹקֶר בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד, וְאוֹמְרִים פַּעֲמַיִם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְאִיהִי סְלִיקַת בְּעַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, דְּאִיהוּ תָּדִיר עִמָּהּ בְּלָא פִּרוּדָא כְּלָל.

The continual burnt-offering: this is the Shekinah, who ascends above in that grade of which it is said, “evening and morning, every day, continually”, and “Hear, O Israel” is said twice. And she ascends in the Central Column, who is always with her, without any separation at all.

Segment 2ב׳

וּלְאָן סְלִיקַת. לְאֲתָר דְּאִתְגְּזָרַת מִתַּמָּן, דְּאִיהוּ אֵין סוֹף, וְאִיהוּ גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל סְפִירָאן. וּבְגִין דָּא אוֹקְמוּהָ. עוֹלָה כֻּלָהּ לַגָּבוֹהַּ סַלְּקָא. וְכַד אִיהִי סְלִיקַת, אֲחִידָן בָּהּ כָּל סְפִירָן, וְאִינּוּן סַלְּקִין עִמָּהּ. וּמַאי סְלִיקוּ דִּילָהּ. לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ, לְמֵיהַב רֵיחָא טָבָא קֳדָם יְיָ, וּלְבָתַר אִתְּמַר בָּהּ, (ויקרא ט׳:כ״ב) וַיֵּרֶד מֵעֲשׂוֹת הַחַטָּאת וְהָעוֹלָה. נַחְתַּת מַלְיָא כַּפָּרָה מִכָּל חוֹבִין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.

And to where does she ascend? To the place from which she was hewn, which is En Sof, and it is higher than all the sefirot. And therefore they have explained: The burnt-offering rises wholly to the Most High. And when she ascends, all the sefirot take hold of her and ascend with her. And what is her ascent? “For a sweet savour”: to give a good fragrance before the Lord. And afterwards it is said of her, “and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering” (Lev. 9, 22): she comes down full of atonement for all the sins of Israel.

Segment 3ג׳

וְהָא סְלִיקוּ דִּילָהּ אִיהוּ, בְּעַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא. אוּף הָכִי נְחִיתוּ דִּילָהּ אִיהוּ בֵּיהּ, וְכָל חַיָּילִין דִּילָהּ, וּבְגִין דָּא אִקְרֵי סֻלָּם, דְּבֵיהּ כָּל הַוָויָין (נ"א כנויין) סַלְּקִין וְנַחְתִּין, דְּאִינּוּן תַּלְיָין מִן יְדוָֹד. וּבְגִין דָּא, כָּל קָרְבְּנִין וְעִלָּוָון אִינּוּן לַיְדוָֹד. וְאִתְקְרִיאַת קָרְבָּן, עַל שֵׁם דְּאִתְקְרִיבוּ בָּהּ כָּל כִּנּוּיִין לַיְדוָֹד.

And behold, her ascent is in the Central Column; so too her descent is in Him, and all her hosts. And therefore He is called a ladder, for on Him all the modes of being (a variant reads: appellations) ascend and descend, which hang from the Tetragrammaton. And therefore all the offerings and burnt-offerings are to the Tetragrammaton. And she is called korban (an offering), because in her all the appellations are brought near to the Tetragrammaton.

Segment 4ד׳

וּבְגִין דָּא אִתְּמַר עָלָהּ, (במדבר ז׳:י״ט) קָרְבָּנוֹ קַעֲרַת כֶּסֶף אַחַת. לֵית דַּרְגָּא דְּאִתְקְרִיב לְגַבֵּי יְדוָֹד, פָּחוּת מִנָּהּ. וְלֵית צְלוֹתָא וּפִקּוּדָא מִכָּל פִּקוּדִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכָל קָרְבְּנִין וְעִלָּוָון, דְּאִינּוּן לְבַר מִנָּהּ. בְּכָל דַּרְגִּין דִּסְפִירָאן לָא מִתְקַבְּלָן קֳדָם יְדוָֹד, לְבַר מִנָּהּ. וּבְגִין דָּא אִתְּמַר עָלָהּ, (ויקרא ט״ז:ג׳) בְּזֹאת יָבֹא אַהֲרֹן אֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר נָבִיא, (ירמיהו ט׳:כ״ג) כִּי אִם בְּזֹאת יִתְהַלֵּל הַמִּתְהַלֵּל.

And therefore it is said of her, “his offering was one silver dish” (Num. 7, 19). There is no grade that is brought near to the Tetragrammaton lower than she; and there is no prayer, and no precept of all the commandments of the Torah, and no offerings and burnt-offerings, that are apart from her: in all the grades of the sefirot they are not accepted before the Tetragrammaton apart from her. And therefore it is said of her, “With this shall Aaron come into the holy place” (Lev. 16, 3). And therefore the prophet said, “But let him who glories glory in this” (Jer. 9, 23).

Segment 5ה׳

אִיהִי שְׁלָמִים, שְׁלִימוּ דִּשְׁמָא דַּיְדוָֹד, בְּכָל דַּרְגָּא וְדַרְגָּא. אִיהִי ה'. אֲדֹנָי. י' דַּיְדוָֹד. אִיהִי ה' מִן אֱלֹהִים. אִיהִי ה' מִן אֶהְיֶה. י' מִן שַׁדַּי. סוֹף דְּכָל הֲוָיָה וְכִנּוּי. וּבְגִין דָּא אִתְּמַר בָּהּ, (קהלת י״ב:י״ג) סוֹף דָּבָר הַכֹּל נִשְׁמָע אֶת הָאֱלֹהִים יְרֵא וְאֶת מִצְוֹתָיו שְׁמוֹר. אִיהִי סוֹף מֵעֶשֶׂר סְפִירָאן, יַם סוּף. שְׁלִימוּ דְּעִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין. אִיהוּ תַּרְעָא לְאַעֲלָא לְכָל חָכְמְתָא, לְכָל כִּנּוּי וַהֲוָיָה, וּלְאַעֲלָא בְּכָל סְפִירָה וּסְפִירָה, יְדִיעָה דְּכֹלָּא. וּפָחוּת מִינָהּ, לֵית רְשׁוּ לְשׁוּם בִּרְיָה, לְאַשְׁגָּחָא לְשׁוּם יְדִיעָה בָּעוֹלָם. עָלָהּ אִתְּמַר, (תהילים קי״ח:כ׳) זֶה הַשַּׁעַר לַיְיָ צַדִּיקִים יָבֹאוּ בוֹ.

She is shelamim: the completeness of the name of the Tetragrammaton in each and every grade. She is the letter He; Adonai; the Yod of the Tetragrammaton. She is the He of Elohim; she is the He of Ehyeh; the Yod of Shaddai: the end of every mode of being and appellation. And therefore it is said of her, “The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments” (Eccl. 12, 13). She is the end, sof, of the ten sefirot: Yam Suf. The completeness of those above and those below. She is the gate for entering into all wisdom, into every appellation and mode of being, and for entering into each and every sefirah: the knowledge of all. And short of her, no creature has leave to look into any knowledge in the world. Of her it is said, “This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter into it” (Ps. 118, 20).

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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