זוהר, פנחס מ״בZohar, Pinchas 42

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (בראשית ל״ב:ב׳) וְיַעֲקֹב הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ וַיִּפְגְעוּ בוֹ מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים. מַאי וַיִּפְגְּעוּ בּוֹ. אֶלָּא אִית פְּגִיעָה לְטָב. וְאִית פְּגִיעָה לְבִישׁ. וְאִית פְּגִיעָה לִצְלוֹתָא. אֶלָּא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּהֲוָה אָזִיל לְחָרָן, מַה כְּתִיב. (בראשית כ״ח:י״א) וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם, צְלוֹתָא דְּעַרְבִית הֲוָה דְּצַלֵּי בְּהַהוּא מָקוֹם. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (שמות ל״ג:כ״א) הִנֵּה מָקוֹם אִתִּי. וּצְלוֹתָא דְּעַרְבִית בְּהַהוּא אֲתָר אִתְחֲזֵי.

He opened and said: “And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him” (Gen. 32, 2). What is vayifge'u bo (met him)? Rather, there is a pegi'ah (meeting) for good, and there is a pegi'ah for evil, and there is a pegi'ah for prayer. Rather, at the time when he was going to Haran, what is written? “And he lighted upon (vayifga) the place” (Gen. 28, 11) — it was the evening prayer that he prayed in that place, as you say, “Behold, there is a place with Me” (Ex. 33, 21). And the evening prayer is seen in that place.

Segment 2ב׳

תּוּ וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם, מִלֵּי פִּיּוּסִין אִיהוּ. דְּאָתָא שִׁמְשָׁא קַדִּישָׁא לְגַבֵּי סִיהֲרָא, בַּעְלָהּ לְגַבֵּי אִתְּתָא. מִכָּאן דְּלָא יֵאוֹת לַבַּעַל לְמֵיתֵי לְגַבֵּי אִתְּתָא, אִי לָא הֲוִי בְּמִלֵּי פִּיּוּסִין לְפַיְּיסָא לָהּ. דִּכְתִּיב וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם, וּלְבָתַר וַיָּלֶן שָׁם. כַּד הֲוָה אָתֵי יַעֲקֹב מֵחָרָן, מַה כְּתִיב, וַיִּפְגְּעוּ בוֹ, שַׁדְרַת הִיא לְפַיְּיסָא לֵיהּ, לְמֵיתֵי לְגַבָּהּ.

Further, “And he lighted upon the place” — these are words of appeasement. For the holy sun came to the moon, the husband to the wife. From here we learn that it is not fitting for the husband to come to the wife unless it be with words of appeasement, to appease her; for it is written, “And he lighted upon the place,” and afterwards, “and tarried there.” When Jacob was coming from Haran, what is written? “And they met him” — she sent them to appease him, that he should come to her.

Segment 3ג׳

וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם. מַאי כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם. אִלֵּין מַלְאָכִין דְּיוֹם, וּמַלְאָכִין דְּלַיְלָה הֲווֹ, וְאִתְכְּסִיאוּ מִנֵּיהּ, וּלְבָתַר אִתְגַּלְּיָין לֵיהּ. וְעַל דָּא כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאָם, כְּתִיב מַחֲנֶה אֱלֹהִים זֶה. מֵהָכָא דַּהֲווֹ אִלֵּין דִּימָמָא, וְאִלֵּין דְּלֵילְיָא. אִינּוּן דְּלֵילְיָא כְּתִיב בְּהוּ, מַחֲנֶה אֱלֹהִים, וְאִינּוּן דִּימָמָא, כְּתִיב בְּהוּ, זֶה. וְעַל דָּא וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא מַחֲנָיִם. תְּרֵין מַשִׁרְיָין. וְהַשְּׁתָּא מַשִׁרְיָין קַדִּישִׁין חֲמֵינָא הָכָא. זַכָּאָה אָרְחִי דַּאֲתֵינָא הָכָא.

“And Jacob said when he saw them.” What is “when he saw them”? These were angels of the day and angels of the night, and they had been hidden from him, and afterwards they were revealed to him. And therefore, of “when he saw them” it is written, “This is God's camp.” From here we learn that there were these of the day and those of the night: of those of the night it is written, “God's camp” (machaneh Elohim), and of those of the day it is written, “This” (zeh). And therefore, “he called the name of that place Mahanaim” — two camps. And now I see holy camps here. Happy is my way, that I have come here.