זוהר, פנחס צ״הZohar, Pinchas 95

Section 95 of 129 in Pinchas — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא, אִתְקְרִיאַת אֶבֶן. וְכַמָּה אֲבָנִין מְפוּלָּמִין יַקִּירִין אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ מִנָהּ, דְּמִנַּיְיהוּ מַיָּא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא נָפְקִין. וּבְגִינֵיהוֹן אִתְּמַר, אָמַר רִבִּי עֲקִיבָא לְתַלְמִידָיו כְּשֶׁתַּגִיעוּ לְאַבְנֵי שַׁיִשׁ טָהוֹר אַל תֹּאמְרוּ מַיִם מַיִם שֶׁמָּא תִּסְתַּכְּנוּ בְּנַפְשְׁכֶם. לָא תֵּימְרוּן דְּאִינּוּן מַיִם, מַיִם מַמָּשׁ. מִשּׁוּם (תהילים ק״א:ז׳) דּוֹבֵר שְׁקָרִים לֹא יִכּוֹן לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי. דְּאִלֵּין מַיִם, דָּא אוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאִתְּמַר בָּהּ (משלי ו׳:כ״ג) וְתוֹרָה אוֹר. וּבְגִין דְּהַאי נְהוֹרָא נְבִיעַ בְּמַבּוּעָא דְּמַיָּא, (ישעיהו נ״ח:י״א) אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְכַזְּבוּ מֵימָיו, אִתְקְרֵי מַיִם.

From the side of the right she is called a stone. And many precious moist stones are found from her, from which the waters of the Torah go forth. And on their account it was said: R. Akiba said to his disciples, When you reach the stones of pure marble, do not say, “Water, water,” lest you endanger yourselves. Do not say that they are waters, actual waters, because “He who speaks falsehood shall not be established before my eyes” (Ps. 101, 7). For these waters — this is the Torah, of which it is said, “and the Torah is light” (Prov. 6, 23). And because this light wells up in a spring of water, “whose waters do not fail” (Isa. 58, 11), it is called waters.

Segment 2ב׳

וּמִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא, הַאי אֶבֶן דְּאִיהִי י', אִתְקְרֵי גַּחֶלֶת. וּמִתַּמָּן עֶשֶׂר סְפִירָן כְּשַׁלְהֶבֶת קְשׁוּרָה בַּגַחֶלֶת. וְאִית לָהּ ד' גַּוְונִין, (ועשרה) אִינּוּן, יוֹד הֵא וָאו הֵא. יְדוָֹ"ד. וְאִיהִי יַד הַגְּדוֹלָה בִּימִינָא, יַד הַחֲזָקָה בִּשְׂמָאלָא, עַמוּדָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, מִתַּמָּן אִיהִי יַד רָמָה, כָּלִיל מִּמ"ב גַּוְונִין.

And from the side of the left, this stone, which is Yod, is called a coal. And from there are the ten sefirot, like a flame bound to the coal. And she has four colours (a variant adds: and ten), which are Yod-Vau-Daleth, He-Aleph, Vau-Aleph-Vau, He-Aleph, the Tetragrammaton. And she is the great hand on the right, the strong hand on the left; the Central Column — from there she is the high hand, comprised of forty-two colours.

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְגִין דְּאִיהִי מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא אֶבֶן, וּמִסִּטְרָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא גַּחֶלֶת, בָּהּ נָטִיל קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא נוּקְמָא, מִיִשְׁמָעֵאל וְאֱדוֹם, דְּאִינּוּן אִישִּׁין נוּכְרָאִין, וּמַיִם הַזֵּדוֹנִים. וּמְמָנָן דִּלְהוֹן סָמָאֵל וְנָחָשׁ. סָמָאֵל אֶשָּׁא דְּגֵיהִנָּם, מְמוּנֶה עַל אוּמָה דְּעֵשָׂו. נָחָשׁ מְמוּנֶה עַל אוּמָה דְּיִשְׁמָעֵאל, וְאִיהוּ רָהָב דִּמְמָנָא עַל מַיָּא.

And because she is a stone from the side of the right and a coal from the side of the left, by her the Holy One, blessed be He, takes vengeance on Ishmael and Edom, who are strange fires and the proud waters. And their chieftains are Samael and the serpent. Samael, the fire of Gehinnom, is appointed over the nation of Esau; the serpent is appointed over the nation of Ishmael, and he is Rahab, who is appointed over the waters.

Segment 4ד׳

בִּימִינָא דְּאַבְרָהָם, דְּדַרְגֵּיהּ חֶסֶד, נָטִיל נוּקְמָא מִיִּשְׁמָעֵאל, וּמְמָנָא דִּילֵיהּ. וּבִשְׂמָאלָא דְּיִצְחָק, דְּדַרְגֵיהּ פַּחַד, נָטִיל נוּקְמָא מֵעֵשָׂו, וּמְמָנָא דִּילֵיהּ. בִּתְרֵין מְשִׁיחִין, דְּאִינּוּן חַד מִימִינָא, מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד. וְחַד מִשְּׂמָאלָא, מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן יוֹסֵף. וּבְדַרְגָּא דְּיַעֲקֹב, דְּאִיהִי לָקֳבְלֵיהּ, בְּרָזָא (בראשית מח) דְּשִׂכֵּל אֶת יָדָיו (כי מנשה הבכור). אַרְיֵה לִשְׂמָאלָא. שׁוֹר לִימִינָא, דְּיִשְׁמָעֵאל. בְּגִין דִּיהוּדָה גָּלָה בְּעֵשָׂו, אִשְׁתְּכַח יְמִינָא דִקְדוּשָּׁה, עִם שְׂמָאלָא דְּעֵשָׂו. וּשְׂמָאלָא דִּקְדוּשָּׁה עִם יְמִינָא מִסְאֲבָא דְּיִשְׁמָעֵאל, (בראשית מ״ט:י׳) עַד כִּי יָבֹא שִׁילֹה, רַעְיָא מְהֵימָנָא, בְּדַרְגֵיהּ תִּפְאֶרֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, נָטִיל נוּקְמָא מֵעֵרֶב רַב.

With the right of Abraham, whose grade is chesed, He takes vengeance on Ishmael and on his chieftain; and with the left of Isaac, whose grade is fear, He takes vengeance on Esau and on his chieftain — through two Messiahs, of whom one is from the right, Messiah son of David, and one from the left, Messiah son of Joseph. And with the grade of Jacob, which is opposite him, in the mystery of “crossed his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn)” (Gen. 48). The lion to the left; the ox to the right, of Ishmael. Because Judah went into exile among Esau, the right of holiness is found with the left of Esau, and the left of holiness with the unclean right of Ishmael. “Until Shiloh comes” (Gen. 49, 10): the Faithful Shepherd, in his grade, the tiferet of Israel, takes vengeance on the mixed multitude.

Segment 5ה׳

בִּתְלַת דַּרְגִּין אִלֵּין, יִפְקוֹד (נ"א יפקון) כֹּהֲנִים לְוִיִּם וְיִשְׂרְאֵלִים, מִן גָּלוּתָא. וּבְהוֹן נָטִיל נוּקְמָא, מֵעֵשָׂו וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל וְעֵרֶב רַב. כְּגַוְונָא דְּעֵרֶב רַב מְעוּרָבִין בְּעֵשָׂו וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל, הָכִי יַעֲקֹב מְעוּרָב בְּאַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק, עֵרוּב דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ. וְהָכִי מִתְעָרֵב שִׁילֹה, עִם מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד וּמָשִׁיחַ בֶּן יוֹסֵף, וִיהֵא שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ, כְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּחָזָא בִּלְעָם בַּנְּבוּאָה דִּילֵיהּ, דְּהָכִי מִתְקַשְּׁרֵי תְּרֵין מְשִׁיחִין בְּרַעֲיָּא מְהֵימָנָא, בִּתְלַת אֲבָהָן, בְּגָלוּתָא בַּתְרָאָה.

By these three grades He will visit (a variant reads: will bring out) the priests, Levites and Israelites from the exile; and by them He takes vengeance on Esau and Ishmael and the mixed multitude. Just as the mixed multitude are mingled in Esau and Ishmael, so Jacob is mingled in Abraham and Isaac, a mingling of both of them. And so Shiloh is mingled with Messiah son of David and Messiah son of Joseph, and will be the chain of both of them, as at that time which Balaam saw in his prophecy; for thus the two Messiahs are bound up with the Faithful Shepherd, in the three patriarchs, in the last exile.

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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