זוהר, פנחס ס״זZohar, Pinchas 67

Section 67 of 129 in Pinchas — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

עַד דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלֵי, אָתָא נִשְׁרָא רַבְרְבָא, אַסְחַר עַל רֵישַׁיְיהוּ, וְקַיְּימָא עָלַיְיהוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי פִּנְחָס, ודַּאי עִידָן רְעוּתָא הוּא הַשְׁתָּא, בָּהּ שַׁעֲתָא, אִתְפְּתָּחוּ תַּרְעֵי דְּרַחֲמֵי, לְכָל אִינּוּן בֵּי מַרְעֵי, וְהוּא זִמְנָא לְאַסְוָותָא לוֹן. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִינּוּן אֲסִירִין לְמַלְכָּא (ס"א דמלכא). דְּהָא נִשְׁרָא דָּא סִימָנָא דְּרַחֲמֵי אִיהוּ.

While they were going, a great eagle came, circled over their heads, and stood over them. R. Phineas said: Assuredly it is now a time of favour; in this hour the gates of mercy are opened to all the sick, and it is the time to heal them — even though they are prisoners of the King (a variant reads: the King's). For this eagle is a sign of mercy.

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (דברים ל״ב:י״א) כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ עַל גּוֹזָלָיו יְרַחֵף וְגוֹ'. לֵיכָּא בְּעָלְמָא מַאן דְּאִיהוּ בְּרַחֲמֵי עַל בְּנוֹי כְּנִשְׁרָא, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ דִּכְתִיב, (משלי ל׳:י״ז) וְיֹאכְלוּהָ בְנֵי נֶשֶׁר, דְּאִיהוּ רַחֲמָנָא עַל בְּנוֹי. וּמִגּוֹ דְּהַשְׁתָא עִידָן דְּרַחֲמֵי, אָתָא נִשְׁרָא דָּא וְאַסְחַר עֲלָנָא. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דָּא אִיהוּ רַחֲמֵי, לְכָל אִינּוּן בֵּי מַרְעֵי. וְדָא אִיהוּ דִּכְתִיב, (תהילים ה׳:ד׳) יְיָ בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי. וְדָא בֹּקֶר דְּאַבְרָהָם, וְאִתְעֲרוּתָא דִּילֵיהּ.

He opened and said: “As an eagle that stirs up her nest, hovers over her young,” etc. (Deut. 32, 11). There is none in the world as merciful to its young as the eagle; and it has been explained, for it is written, “and the young eagles shall eat it” (Prov. 30, 17), for it is merciful to its young. And because it is now a time of mercy, this eagle came and circled over us. In this hour there is mercy for all the sick. And this is what is written: “O Lord, in the morning You shall hear my voice” (Ps. 5, 4) — and this is the morning of Abraham, and his arousal.

Segment 3ג׳

אַדְּהָכִי, אַסְחַר נִשְׁרָא וְאַעְבַּר לְקָמַיְיהוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי פִּנְחָס, נִשְׁרָא נִשְׁרָא, מָה אַנְתְּ לְגַבָּן, אִי בִּשְׁלִיחוּתָא דְּמָרָךְ אָתִית, הָא אֲנָן הָכָא. אִי בְּגִין מִלָּה (ס"א סימנא) אַחֲרָא אָתִיתָא, הָא אֲנָן הָכָא זְמִינִין. אִתְרָם נִשְׁרָא לְעֵילָּא, וְאִתְכַּסֵּי מִנַּיְיהוּ, וְאִינּוּן יָתְבוּ.

Meanwhile the eagle circled and passed before them. R. Phineas said: Eagle, eagle, what are you to us? If you have come on a mission of your Master, behold, we are here. If you have come for another matter (a variant reads: sign), behold, we are here, ready. The eagle rose upward and was hidden from them, and they sat.

Segment 4ד׳

אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא, הָא דִּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא זוּטְרַתִּי (ס"א תיוהא) הוּא, דְּתָנֵינָן, נִשְׁרָא רַבְרְבָא הֲוָה אָתֵי לְגַבֵּיהּ שְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא בְּכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא, וַהֲוָה שְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא רָכִיב עַל גַּדְפָהָא, וְאוֹבִיל לֵיהּ ד' מְאָה פַּרְסֵי בְּשַׁעֲתָא חֲדָא. לְאָן אוֹבִיל לֵיהּ לְתַרְמוֹ"ד בַּמִּדְבָּר בֶּהָרִים. אֲתָר כַּד אִיהוּ, לְגַבֵּי טוּרֵי דַּחֲשׁוֹכָא, דְּאִקְרֵי (מלכים א ט) תַּרְמוֹד בַּמִּדְבָּר וְלָאו אִיהוּ אֲתָר דְּתַרְמוֹדָאֵי, אֶלָּא תַּרְמוֹד דְּאִיהוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר בֶּהָרִים, וְתַּמָּן מִתְכַּנְּשֵׁי כָּל רוּחִין וְסִטְרִין אַחֲרָנִין. וְהַהוּא נִשְׁרָא הֲוָה טָאס לְתַמָן, בְּשַׁעֲתָא חֲדָא.

R. Hiya said: That of King Solomon is a small thing (a variant reads: a wonder); for we have learnt: A great eagle used to come to King Solomon every single day, and King Solomon would ride on its wings, and it would carry him four hundred parasangs in a single hour. Where would it carry him? To Tarmod in the wilderness, in the mountains — a place that lies toward the mountains of darkness, which is called “Tarmod in the wilderness” (I Kings 9). And it is not the place of the Tarmodeans, but Tarmod which is in the wilderness, in the mountains; and there all the spirits and the other sides gather. And that eagle would fly there in a single hour.

Segment 5ה׳

כֵּיוָן דְּקָאִים עַל הַהוּא דּוּכְתָא, אַגְבַּהּ נִשְׁרָא, וּשְׁלֹמֹה כָּתַב פִּתְקָא, וְאַרְמֵי תַּמָּן, וְאִשְׁתְּזִיב מֵאִינּוּן רוּחִין. וְנִשְׁרָא הֲוָה מִסְתָּכַּל גּוֹ חֲשׁוֹכָא דְּטוּרִין, לַאֲתָר דְּתַמָּן עֲזָא וְעַזָאֵל, דְּאִינּוּן תַּמָּן אֲסִירִין בְּשַׁלְשְׁלָאֵי דְּפַרְזְלָא, נְעִיצָן גּוֹ תְּהוֹמֵי. וְלֵית יָכִילוּ (ס"א רשו) לְבַּר נָשׁ בְּעָלְמָא לְמֵיעַל תַּמָּן, וַאֲפִילּוּ עוֹפֵי שְׁמַיָא, בַּר בִּלְעָם.

As soon as it stood over that place, the eagle rose high, and Solomon wrote a note and cast it there, and was delivered from those spirits. And the eagle would gaze into the darkness of the mountains, at the place where Uzza and Azael are, who are bound there in chains of iron sunk into the depths. And no man in the world is able (a variant reads: has leave) to enter there, not even the birds of heaven — except Balaam.

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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