The Zohar · Pinchas
זוהר, פנחס צ״אZohar, Pinchas 91
Section 91 of 129 in Pinchas — 2 segments
Segment 1א׳
וּמְנָלָן דְּלֶחֶם הַפָּנִים אִיהוּ מִפָּתוֹרָא דְּמַלְכָּא. דִּכְתִיב, (יחזקאל מ״א:כ״ב) וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלַי זֶה הַשֻּׁלְחָן אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְדוָֹד. ז"ה: י"ב אַנְפִּין. וְאוֹף הָכִי, מַאן דְּאִית לֵיהּ, בָּעֵי לְתַקְּנָא וּלְסַדְּרָא עַל פָּתוֹרֵיהּ, אַרְבַּע כִּכָּרוֹת בְּכֹל סְעוּדָתָא דְּשַׁבָּת, לִתְלַת סְעוּדָתֵי תְּרֵיסָר אַנְפִּין.
And how do we know that the showbread is from the King's table? For it is written, “And he said to me: This is the table that is before the Lord” (Ezek. 41, 22). Zeh: twelve faces. And so too, whoever has the means must set and arrange upon his table four loaves at every Sabbath meal — for the three meals, twelve faces.
Segment 2ב׳
וְאִי תֵּימָא לָאו אִינּוּן אֶלָּא שִׁית מִדְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, מִשּׁוּם לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֵה. אֶלָּא לָא נֵיכוּל לְמִדְכַּר ו', בְּלָא חַבְרֵיהּ, ו' ו', שִׁית מִלְעֵילָּא לְתַתָּא, וְשִׁית מִלְּתַתָּא לְעֵילָּא. לָקֳבֵל שִׁית דַּרְגִּין דְּכֻרְסְיָיא עִלָּאָה. וְשִׁית דַּרְגִין דְּכֻרְסְיָיא תַּתָּאָה. שִׁית בְּאִתְכַּסְיָיא. וְשִׁית בְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא. (דברים כ״ט:כ״ח) הַנִּסְתָּרוֹת לַיְדוָֹ"ד אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהַנִּגְלוֹת לָנוּ וּלְבָנֵינוּ עַד עוֹלָם.
And if you should say that by the Torah they are only six, on account of the double bread — rather, we cannot mention Vau without its fellow: Vau, Vau, six from above downward and six from below upward, corresponding to the six steps of the supernal Throne and the six steps of the lower Throne; six in concealment and six in revelation: “The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever” (Deut. 29, 28).
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
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