זוהר, פנחס נ״בZohar, Pinchas 52

Section 52 of 129 in Pinchas — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

תִּקּוּנָא רְבִיעָאָה וַחֲמִשָּׁאָה, (יחזקאל א׳:כ״ז) מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָעְלָה וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמַטָה. דִּבְהוֹן שׁוֹקֵי הַחַיּוֹת כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָן, וּבִסְפִירָן נֶצַּח וְהוֹד. מְטַטְרוֹן אוֹת בְּצָּבָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְאִיהוּ דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּצַּדִּיק. דְּצַּדִּיק אוֹת בְּצָּבָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וּמְטַטְרוֹן אִיהוּ אוֹת בְּצָּבָא דִּלְתַתָּא. מְטַטְרוֹן שַׁדַּי בֵּיהּ, (יחזקאל א׳:י״ד) וְהַחַיּוֹת רָצּוֹא וָשׁוֹב כְּמַרְאֵה הַבָּזָק.

The fourth and fifth orderings: “from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward” (Ezek. 1, 27), in which are the legs of the Hayyoth, corresponding to all of them; and in the sefirot netzach and hod. Metatron is a sign in his host, and he is the likeness of the Righteous One. For the Righteous One is a sign in the host above, and Metatron is a sign in the host below. Metatron — Shaddai is in him: “And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning” (Ezek. 1, 14).

Segment 2ב׳

וְרַגְלֵיהֶם רֶגֶל יְשָׁרָה, דְּרַגְלִין דְּמַזִּיקִין כֻּלְּהוּ עֲקָלָּתוֹן. וְרַגְלֵיהֶן, וְרַגְלִין דְּחֵיוָן, קַדִּישִׁין, אִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן וְרַגְלֵיהֶם רֶגֶל יְשָׁרָה, מִצַּד חַיָּה דְּאִיהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּלִיל תְּלַת חֵיוָן, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן הָאָבוֹת הֵן הֵן הַמֶּרְכָּבָה.

“And their feet were straight (yesharah) feet” — for the feet of the demons are all crooked. “And their feet” — and the feet of the holy Hayyoth — of them it is said, “And their feet were straight feet”, from the side of the Hayyah which is Israel. Israel comprises three Hayyoth, of which it is said: The patriarchs, they are the chariot.

Segment 3ג׳

(יחזקאל א׳:ז׳) וְכַף רַגְלֵיהֶם כְּכַף רֶגֶל עֵגֶל, מִסִּטְרָא דְּחַיָּה דְּאִיהוּ שׁוֹר. וְנוֹצְּצִּים כְּעֵין נְחוֹשֶׁת קָלָל, מִסִּטְרָא דְּנָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ דְּיַמָּא. דְּאִיהוּ סָלִיק לְגַבֵּיהּ בְּיַבֶּשְׁתָּא. רָצּוֹא, מִסִּטְרָא דְּנוּרִיאֵל, דְּסָלִיק רָצּוֹא. וָשׁוֹב, מִסִּטְרָא דְּשַׁדַּי. דְּהָכִי סָלִיק בְּחוּשְׁבַּן. וְאִיהוּ סָלִיק מְטַטְרוֹן.

“And the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot” (Ezek. 1, 7) — from the side of the Hayyah which is the ox. “And they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass (nechoshet)” — from the side of the slant serpent (nachash bariach) of the sea, which goes up toward him on the dry land. Ratzo (ran): from the side of Nuriel, for ratzo amounts to it. Va-shov (and returned): from the side of Shaddai, for thus it amounts by reckoning. And it amounts to Metatron.

Segment 4ד׳

וְכַד הֲווֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁמְעִין קָלָא מִמִּזְרָח, הֲווֹ רָצִּין תַּמָּן. וְלְמַּעֲרָב הָכִי, וְכֵן לַדָּרוֹם וְלַצָּפוֹן. אָמַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, אִלֵּין דְּרַהֲטִין לִצְּלוֹתָא דְּמִצְּוָה, וְרַהֲטִין לְפִרְקָא בְּשַׁבְּתָא, וְרַהֲטִין לְמֶעְבַּד רְעוּתָא דִּילִי, וְתַיְיבִין בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא. קַבִּילוּ לוֹן בְּהֵיכָלָא דְּהַאי מַרְאָה, דִּבְאִלֵּין סִימָנִין, אִינּוּן חֲבֵרִים בַּהֲדַיְיכוּ, אִינּוּן דְּרָצִּין וְשָׁבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּדִבּוּרָא דַּהֲלָכָה, אִינּוּן רְשִׁימִין בַּהֲדַיְיכוּ, וְאָעִילוּ לוֹן בְּהַאי הֵיכָלָא.

And when Israel heard a voice from the east, they would run there; and to the west likewise, and so to the south and to the north. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to the ministering angels: Those who run to the prayer of the commandment, and run to the Sabbath discourse, and run to do My will, and return in repentance — receive them into the palace of this vision. For by these signs they are companions with you: those who run and return in the Torah, in the speech of the halachah, are marked with you. And bring them into this palace.

Segment 5ה׳

הָכִי כַּד מְצַּלִין יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִיכָאֵ"ל טָאס עָלְמָא בְּטִיסָא חֲדָא. וְגַבְרִיאֵ"ל טָאס בִּתְרֵין טָאסִין. וְכַד נָפִיק דִּבּוּרָא מִיִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּהֲלָכָה, בִּצְּלוֹתָא, וּבְכָל פִּקּוּדָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא תַּמָּן. אִינּוּן רָצִּין לְגַבָּהּ, וְשָׁבִין בָּהּ בִּשְׁלִיחוּת מָארֵיהוֹן. וּבְכָל אֲתָר דְּשַׁמְעִין קָלָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּתַמָּן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אִינּוּן רָצִּין לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא קָלָא, וְתַיְיבִין בָּהּ בִּשְׁלִיחוּתָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן. דִּבְכָל קָלָא דְּשֵׁם יְדוָֹ"ד לֵית תַּמָּן, בְּדִבּוּרָא דְּלֵית תַּמָּן אֲדֹנָי, לָא רָצִּין וְשָׁבִין תַּמָּן. וּבְגִין דָּא, וְרַגְלֵיהֶם רֶגֶל יְשָׁרָה, (הושע י״ד:י׳) כִּי יְשָׁרִים דַּרְכֵי יְדוָֹ"ד, בַּאֲתָר דַּיְדוָֹ"ד תַּמָּן, אִיהוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה. וְאִי לֵית תַּמָּן יְדוָֹ"ד, לָאו אִיהוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה.

So too, when Israel pray, Michael flies through the world in a single flight, and Gabriel flies in two flights. And when speech goes forth from Israel — in halachah, in prayer, and in every precept in which the Shekinah is — they run to her, and return with her on the errand of their Master. And in every place where they hear the voice of the Torah, where the Holy One, blessed be He, is, they run toward that voice, and return with it on the errand of their Master. For in any voice in which the Name of the Tetragrammaton is not, in speech in which Adonai is not, they do not run and return there. And therefore, “And their feet were straight feet” — “For the ways of the Lord are straight” (Hos. 14, 10): in the place where the Tetragrammaton is, that is a straight way; and if the Tetragrammaton is not there, it is not a straight way.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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