זוהר, פנחס נ״זZohar, Pinchas 57

Segment 1א׳

הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (שיר השירים ה׳:א׳) בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם חֲלָבִי, לְבָתַר אִכְלוּ רֵעִים. אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי, דָּא צְלוֹתָא דִּמְיוּשָׁב. עִם דִּבְשִׁי דָּא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע. אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי דָּא צְלוֹתָא דִּמְיוּשָׁב, הַהוּא יַעַר לְבָנוֹן, יוֹצֵר אוֹר (ס"א משרתים) וְהָאוֹפַנִּים וְחַיּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ, (כולם קדושים) כָּל הָנֵי אִקְרוּן יַעַר אִילָנִין וּנְצִיבִין דְּבֵיהּ. עִם דִּבְשִׁי דָּא קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, דְּאִיהוּ מְתִיקוּ דְּכֹלָּא, בְּכַמָּה צוּפִין וּמְתִיקִין.

That is what is written: “I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have eaten my honeycomb (ya'ari) with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk” (S. S. 5, 1); and afterwards, “Eat, O friends.” “I have eaten my honeycomb” — this is the prayer said sitting. “With my honey” — this is the recitation of the Shema. “I have eaten my honeycomb” — this is the prayer said sitting: that forest (ya'ar) of Lebanon, “Who forms light” (a variant reads: ministering ones) “and the ofanim and the holy Hayyoth” (a variant adds: all of them holy). All these are called a forest — the trees and the plantings within it. “With my honey” — this is the recitation of the Shema, which is the sweetness of all, with many honeycombs and sweetnesses.

Segment 2ב׳

שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי, דָּא צְלוֹתָא, דִּמְעוּמָד, מְטִיבוּ (ס"א משיכו) דְּיֵינָא עִלָּאָה דְּאִתְנְטַר. וְדָא בְּשָׁלֹשׁ בְּרָכוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת. עִם חֲלָבִי, אִלֵּין אִינּוּן שָׁלֹשׁ בְּרָכוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, וְאִתְכְּלִילָן אִלֵּין בְּאִלֵּין. עַד כָּען מֵיכְלָא דְּמַלְכָּא. לְבָתַר דְּאָכַל מַלְכָּא, אִכְלוּ רֵעִים לְעֵילָּא, שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דוֹדִים לְתַתָּא.

“I have drunk my wine” — this is the prayer said standing, the goodness (a variant reads: the drawing) of the supernal wine that is preserved. And this is in the first three blessings. “With my milk” — these are the last three blessings; and these are comprised in one another. Up to here, the meal of the King. After the King has eaten, “Eat, O friends” — above; “drink, and drink deep, O beloved” — below.

Segment 3ג׳

וְעַל דָּא לֵית חִיּוּבָא דִּמְזוֹנָא אֶלָּא לְבָתַר צְלוֹתָא. בִּצְלוֹתָא דְּמִנְחָה (בערב) קוֹדֶם צְלוֹתָא מַאי טַעְמָא. בְּגִין דְּעַד לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא, בְּעוֹד דְּאַנְפִּין דְּמַלְכָּא נְהִירִין, יֵימָּא תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד, בְּהַאי סִדּוּרָא דִּמְזוֹנָא. דִּלְבָתַר דְּדִינָא שַׁרְיָא וְתָלֵי עַל עָלְמָא, לָאו שַׁעֲתָא אִיהוּ. אָתָא רִבִּי פִּנְחָס וּנְשָׁקֵיהּ.

And therefore there is no obligation of food except after prayer. At the afternoon prayer (a variant adds: in the evening), before the prayer — what is the reason? Because before harsh judgement is present, while the face of the King is shining, one should say “A Psalm of praise; of David”, in this order of food. For after judgement rests and hangs over the world, it is not the hour. R. Phineas came and kissed him.