זוהר, פנחס ל״וZohar, Pinchas 36

Section 36 of 129 in Pinchas — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

קוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְיִתְחַדְּשׁוּן מִלִּין מִפּוּמָךְ, בְּהַאי קְרָא דְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. לַמְנַצֵּחַ, תַּמָּן נֶצַח, נִגוּן צַח. וּבֵיהּ אִתְקְרֵי יְדוָֹד מָארֵי נָצְחָן קְרָבִין, לְגַבֵּי אוּמִין עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת דְּעָלְמָא, וְרַחֲמִין וְדִינָא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. וְרָזָא דְּמִלָּה, (משלי י״א:י׳) וּבַאֲבוֹד רְשָׁעִים רִנָּה. מ"ל, שִׁבְעִין שְׁמָהָן אִית לֵיהּ, וְעִם נֶצַח וְהוֹד, ע"ב, כְּחוּשְׁבַּן חֶסֶ"ד, וְרָזָא דְּמִלָּה, (תהילים ט״ז:י״א) נְעִימוֹת בִּימִינְךָ נֶצַח.

Rise, R. Simeon, and let words be renewed from your mouth on this verse from before. Lamnatze'ach (For the Leader): there is netzach (victory) — niggun tzach (a clear melody). And by it the Tetragrammaton is called the Master of victories in battle against the idolatrous nations of the world, and mercy and judgement for Israel. And the mystery of the matter: “and when the wicked perish, there is song (rinnah)” (Prov. 11, 10). Mem-Lamed: He has seventy names; and with netzach and hod, seventy-two, as the reckoning of chesed. And the mystery of the matter: “In Your right hand bliss for evermore (netzach)” (Ps. 16, 11).

Segment 2ב׳

הוֹד, בֵּיהּ (דברי הימים א ט״ז:ח׳) הוֹדוּ לַיְיָ. צַדִּיק, בֵּיהּ (תהילים ל״ג:ב׳) רַנְּנוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּיְדוָֹד. וּבֵיהּ (ירמיהו ל״א:ז׳) רָנּוּ לְיַעֲקֹב שִׂמְחָה. תִּפְאֶרֶת, בֵּיהּ הַלְלוּ אֵל. הַלְלוּיָהּ, הַלְלוּ יָהּ. דְּתַמָּן יְדוָֹ"ד. בְּנִגוּן וּבְזֶמֶר, חֶסֶד וּגְבוּרָה. בְּשִׁיר וּבִבְרָכָה, חָכְמָה וּבִינָה. בְּאַשְׁרֵי, כֶּתֶר. בִּתְהִלָּה, מַלְכוּת.

Hod: in it, “Give thanks to the Lord” (I Chron. 16, 8). The Righteous One: in it, “Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous” (Ps. 33, 2); and in it, “Sing with gladness for Jacob” (Jer. 31, 7). Tiferet: in it, “Praise God.” Halleluyah: hallelu Yah (praise Yah), for there is the Tetragrammaton. With melody and with psalmody — chesed and gevurah. With song and with blessing — chochmah and binah. With ashrei (happy) — keter (crown). With praise — malchut.

Segment 3ג׳

מִזְמוֹר, בֵּיהּ רָ"ז, וּבֵיהּ מוּ"ם. מִסִּטְרָא דְּזֶמֶר דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא וְזֶמֶר דִּצְלוֹתָא. זֶמֶר מִסִּטְרָא אַחֲרָא, אִיהִי מוּ"ם זָ"ר. זִמְרָא בְּבֵיתָא, חָרְבָּא בְּבֵיתָא. נִדָּה שִׁפְחָה בַּת עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת זוֹנָה. וְדָא אַתְוָון מִזְמוֹ"ר. נִגּוּ"ן, תַּמָּן גַּ"ן. הָכִי שְׁפִּירוּ דְּנִגוּנָא, בֵּיהּ הַלֵּל. כְּגוֹן (שמות י״ב:מ״ב) לֵיל שִׁמּוּרִים הוּא לַיְיָ לְהוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם. אַשְׁרֵי דְּבֵיהּ שָׁרֵי עָלְמָא מְשַׁבְּחִין, (תהילים קמ״ד:ט״ו) אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ. בִּבְרָכָה, (תהילים ל״ד:ב׳) אֲבָרְכָה אֶת ה' בְּכָל עֵת. בַּתְּהִלָּה, תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי.

Mizmor (psalm): in it is raz, and in it is mum (blemish) — from the side of the zemer (psalmody) of the Torah and the zemer of prayer. A zemer from the other side is mum zar (a strange blemish): song in the house, a sword in the house — a menstruant woman, a bondwoman, a daughter of the worshippers of stars and constellations, a harlot. And these are the letters of mizmor. Niggun: there is gan (a garden). So too the beauty of the melody: in it is Hallel, as in “It was a night of watching to the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt” (Ex. 12, 42). Ashrei: for with it the world began (sharei) to praise — “Happy is the people that is in such a case” (Ps. 144, 15). With blessing: “I will bless the Lord at all times” (Ps. 34, 2). With praise: “His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Segment 4ד׳

(תהילים ס׳:א׳) עַל שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת, דָּא הוֹד. דְּאִיהוּ שׁוּשַׁן, סוּמָק שַׁלִּיט עַל חִוָּור, דְּנֶצַח שַׁלִּיט אִיהוּ חִוָּור עַל סוּמָק. מַאי עֵדוּת. דָּא צַדִּיק. אִיהוּ בְּרִית, דְּאִיהוּ אָחִיד לִשְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (דברים ד׳:כ״ו) הֲעִידוֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ. מַאי מִכְתָּם. מָ"ךְ תָּ"ם מָךְ, אִיהוּ צַדִּיק. תָּם, עַמּוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, דַּרְגָּא דְּיַעֲקֹב. אִישׁ תָּם. גּוּף וּבְרִית חַשְׁבֵינָן חַד. לְלַמֵּד, חֶסֶד וּגְבוּרָה, דְּמִתַּמָּן אוֹרַיְיתָא אִתְיְהִיבַת, לִלְמוֹד וּלְלַמֵּד.

“Upon Shushan Eduth” (Ps. 60, 1): this is hod. For it is shushan (the lily): red rules over white; whereas in netzach it is white that rules over red. What is eduth (testimony)? This is the Righteous One. He is the covenant, which holds heaven and earth, as it is written, “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day” (Deut. 4, 26). What is michtam? Mach tam. Mach (lowly): this is the Righteous One. Tam (perfect): the Central Column, the grade of Jacob — “a perfect man”. Body and covenant we reckon as one. “To teach”: chesed and gevurah, for from there the Torah was given, to learn and to teach.

Segment 5ה׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ שַׁפִּיר קָאַמָרְת, אֲבָל (תהילים י״ב:א׳) לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל הַשְּׁמִינִית, דְּלָא תָּזוּז נֶצַח מִן הוֹד, דְּאִיהִי סְפִירָה ח', אָמַר לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל הַשְּׁמִינִית. אָמַר בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, אִי הָכִי, בִּינָה דַּרְגָּא דִּילָךְ, וַאֲמַאי אוֹקְמוּהָ וְנִתָּן הַהוֹד לְמֹשֶׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר כ״ז:כ׳) וְנָתַתָּה מֵהוֹדְךָ עָלָיו.

He said to him: You have spoken well. But “For the Leader; on the Sheminith (the eighth)” (Ps. 12, 1): that netzach should not move from hod, which is the eighth sefirah — so he said, “For the Leader; on the Sheminith.” The Holy Lamp said: If so, binah is your grade; and why have they explained, And the hod was given to Moses, as it is said, “And you shall put of your honour upon him” (Num. 27, 20)?

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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