זוהר, פנחס ס״חZohar, Pinchas 68

Segment 1א׳

עַד דַּהֲווֹ יַתְבֵי, הָא נִשְׁרָא אַתְיָא לְגַבַּיְיהוּ, וְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה חֲדָא בְּפוּמָהּ, וְשַׁדֵי קַמַּיְיהוּ, וְאַזְלַת לָהּ, חָמוּ וְחַדוּ. אָמַר רִבִּי פִּנְחָס, וְלָאו אֲמֵינָא לְכוּ, דְּנִשְׁרָא דָּא בִּשְׁלִיחוּתָא דְּמָארָהּ, אַזְלָא וְאַתְיָא. שׁוֹשַׁנָה דָּא, אִיהִי שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת דְּקָאֲמֵינָא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא שָׁדַר לֵיהּ לְגַבָּן.

While they were sitting, behold, the eagle came to them with a single lily in its mouth, and cast it before them, and went off. They saw and rejoiced. R. Phineas said: Did I not tell you that this eagle comes and goes on a mission of its Master? This lily is the Shushan Eduth of which I spoke, and the Holy One, blessed be He, has sent it to us.

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין וְאָמַר, (תהילים ס׳:א׳) לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת מִכְתָּם לְדָוִד לְלַמֵּד. וְכִי שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת מַאי סַהֲדוּתָא סָהִיד. אֶלָּא שׁוּשַׁן דָּא אִיהִי סַהֲדוּתָא לְמַעֲשֶׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית, וְאִיהִי סַהֲדוּתָא לְכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. סַהֲדוּתָא לְיִחוּדָא עִלָּאָה, וְדָא אִיהוּ. בְּגִין דְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה דָּא אִית בָּהּ תְּלֵיסַר עָלִין, וְכֻלְּהוּ קַיְימִין בְּעִקָרָא חֲדָא, וְאִית בָּהּ חֲמֵשׁ עָלִין לְבַר תַּקִּיפִין, דְּחַפְיָין לְדָא שׁוֹשַׁנָה וְאַגִּינוּ עָלָהּ.

He opened as before and said: “For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach” (Ps. 60, 1). And Shushan Eduth — what testimony does it testify? Rather, this lily is a testimony to the work of creation, and it is a testimony to the Community of Israel, a testimony to the supernal unity; and so it is. For this lily has thirteen leaves, and all of them stand on one stem; and it has five strong leaves outside, which cover this lily and shield it.

Segment 3ג׳

וְכֹלָּא בְּרָזָא דְּחָכְמְתָא הוּא, תְּלֵיסַר עָלִין, אִלֵּין תְּלֵיסַר מְכִילָן דְּרַחֲמֵי, דְּיָרְתָא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִלְּעֵילָּא, וְכֻלְּהוּ אֲחִידָן בְּעִקָרָא חֲדָא, (ד"א דאינון י"ג תיקונין דדיקנא תתאה דאריך אנפין, דאינון י"ג תיקונין עלאין דזעיר אנפין) וְאִיהוּ בְּרִית חֲדָא וְדוּגְמָא דִּבְרִית (ס"א יחודא) יְסוֹדָא דְּכֹלָּא. חֲמֵשׁ תַּקִּיפִין דְּסַחֲרָן עָלֵיהּ, אִלֵּין חַמְשִׁין תַּרְעִין, חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה שְׁנִין (דיסודא, יסודא (נ"א בבי מקדשא) ברית קדישא) דְּאִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, אַזְלָא בְּהוּ.

And all is in the mystery of wisdom. Thirteen leaves: these are the thirteen attributes of mercy, which the Community of Israel inherits from above, and all of them are held in one stem (a variant adds: which are the thirteen orderings of the lower beard of the Long of Countenance, which are the thirteen supernal orderings of the Small of Countenance); and it is one covenant, and the pattern of the covenant (a variant reads: of the unity), the foundation of all. The five strong ones that surround it — these are the fifty gates, the five hundred years (a variant adds: of yesod; yesod (a variant adds: in the Temple) the holy covenant) of the tree of life, which goes through them.