זוהר, פנחס י״זZohar, Pinchas 17

Segment 1א׳

קוּם רִבִּי אַבָּא, לְחַדְּשָׁא מִילִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַמָרְת בְּחִבּוּרָא קַדְמָאָה. פָּתַח רִבִּי אַבָּא וְאָמַר, (ישעיהו מ״ב:י׳) שִׁירוּ לַיְיָ שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ'. כַּמָּה חֲבִיבִין יִשְׂרָאֵל קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּחֶדְוָה דִּלְהוֹן וְתוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא דִּלְהוֹן, לָאו אִיהוּ אֶלָּא (ס"א לשתפא לקודשא בריך הוא ושכינתיה בההוא דהכי וכו') בֵּיהּ. דְּהָכִי תָּנֵינָן, כָּל חֶדְוָה דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דְּלָא מִשְׁתַּתְּפֵי בָּהּ לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא (ושכינתיה), לָאו אִיהוּ חֶדְוָה. וְזַמִּין אִיהוּ סָמָאֵל וְכָל סִיַּיעְתָּא דִּילֵיהּ לְקַטְרְגָא לְהַהוּא חֶדְוָה, (ס"א ואתחזר) וְאִשְׁתְּאָר בְּצַעֲרָא וּבִכְיָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא אִשְׁתְּתַּף בְּהַהוּא צַעֲרָא.

Rise, R. Abba, to renew words of the Torah which you said in the first composition. R. Abba opened and said: “Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth,” etc. (Isa. 42, 10). How beloved are Israel before the Holy One, blessed be He! For their joy and their praise are nothing save (a variant reads: to make the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah partners in that which is thus, etc.) in Him. For so it is, as we have learnt: every joy of Israel in which they do not make the Holy One, blessed be He, (a variant adds: and His Shekinah) a partner is no joy. And Samael and all his company are ready to accuse that joy, (a variant reads: and it turns back) and it remains in sorrow and weeping, and the Holy One, blessed be He, has no share in that sorrow.

Segment 2ב׳

אֲבָל מַאן דְּשָׁתִּיף קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ בְּחֶדְוָה דִּילֵיהּ, אִם יֵיתֵי מְקַטְרְגָא לְקַטְרְגָא בְּהַהִיא חֶדְוָה. קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ מִשְׁתַּתֵּף בְּהַהוּא צַעֲרָא. מַה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ (ישעיה סג) בְּכָל צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר. וּבְמָאי. בְּגִין (תהילים צ״א:ט״ו) דְּעִמּוֹ אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה.

But he who makes the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah partners in his joy — if an accuser comes to accuse in that joy, the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah share in that sorrow. What is written of Him? “In all their affliction He was afflicted” (Isa. 63). And by what? Because “I will be with him in trouble” (Ps. 91, 15).

Segment 3ג׳

וּמְנָלָן, דְּאִית לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁתְּפָא לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ בְּחֶדְוָה דִּלְהוֹן. (בגין דלאו איהו חדוה, אלא בשותפות דיליה מאלין) דִּכְתִּיב, (שם קמט) יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעוֹשָׂיו. הַהוּא חֶדְוָה דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לָאו אִיהוּ, אֶלָּא בְּעוֹשָׂיו. בְּעוֹשָׂיו, בְּעוֹשׂוֹ מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא אִלֵּין קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, וְאָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּמִיתוּ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַעְקַר לוֹן מִגַּן עֵדֶן, וְאַיְיתֵי לוֹן עִמֵּיהּ לְהַהוּא חֶדְוָה, לְנַטְלָא חוּלָקָא דְּחֶדְוָה עִם קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (איוב מ׳:י״ט) הָעוֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּוֹ.

And from where do we know that Israel must make the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah partners in their joy? (a variant adds: for it is no joy save in His partnership with these.) As it is written, “Let Israel rejoice in his Makers (be'osav)” (Ibid. 149). That joy of Israel is nothing save “in his Makers.” Be'osav — it should have said be'oso (his Maker)! Rather, these are the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah, and his father and his mother; for although they have died, the Holy One, blessed be He, removes them from the Garden of Eden and brings them with Him to that joy, to take a portion of joy with the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekinah. As you say, “He that made him (ha'oso) can bring near His sword” (Job 40, 19).