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זוהר, שמות כ״בZohar, Shemot 22

Section 22 of 52 in Shemot — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיַּרְא. ויַּרְא דְּהָכָא, כֹּלָּא בְּרוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא אִסְתָּכַל וְחָמָא, וּבְגִין כַּךְ אִסְתָּכַּל בֵּיהּ וְקָטַל לֵיהּ, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא סִבֵב כֹּלָּא, לִמְהַךְ לְהַהוּא בֵּירָא, כְּמָה דְּאָזַל יַעֲקֹב לְגַבֵּי הַהוּא בֵּירָא, דִּכְתִּיב, (שמות ב׳:ט״ו) וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר. בְּיַעֲקֹב כְּתִיב, (בראשית כ״ט:ב׳) וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְּאֵר. בְּמֹשֶׁה כְּתִיב, וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר. בְּגִין דְּמֹשֶׁה וְיַעֲקֹב, אַף עַל גַּב דִּבְדַרְגָּא חֲדָא הֲווֹ, אִסְתָּלַק מֹשֶׁה בְּהַאי יַתִּיר מִנֵּיהּ.

The word “saw” here indicates discernment through the holy spirit, and therefore he did not shrink from killing the Egyptian. Now the Holy One, blessed be He, so ordered matters that Moses might come to the same well to which Jacob came. It says here: “And he sat down by (‘al, lit. upon) a well” (Ibid. 5, 15), and of Jacob it says, “And he looked, and behold, a well” (Gen. 19, 2). This shows that although they belonged to the same degree (of sanctity), Moses in this ascended higher than Jacob.’

Segment 2ב׳

רִבִּי יוֹסֵי וְרִבִּי יִצְחָק הֲווֹ אַזְלֵי בְּאוֹרְחָא. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, הַהוּא בְּאֵר דְּחָמָא יַעֲקֹב, וְחָמָא מֹשֶׁה, אִי דָּא הֲוָה הַהוּא בֵּירָא, דְּחָפַר אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק. אֲמַר לֵיהּ לָאו. אֶלָּא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְבְּרֵי עָלְמָא, אִתְבְּרֵי הַאי בֵּירָא. וּבְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, אִתְבְּרֵי פּוּמָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְהַאי אִיהוּ בְּאֵר דְּחָמוּ יַעֲקֹב וּמֹשֶׁה.

As R. Jose and R. Isaac were once walking together, the former said: ‘Was the well which both Jacob and Moses saw the same one which was digged by Abraham and Isaac?’ Said R. Isaac: ‘No! This well was created when the world was created, and its mouth was formed on the eve of the Sabbath of Creation, in the twilight.’ That was the well which Jacob and Moses saw.’

Segment 3ג׳

מַתְנִיתִין. אִינּוּן דְּרֹדְפֵי קְשׁוֹט, אִינּוּן דְּתַבְעֵי רָזָא דִּמְהֵימָנוּתָא. אִינּוּן דְּאִתְדְּבָקוּ בְּקִשּׁוּרָא מְהֵימָנָא. אִינּוּן דְּיָדְעִין אוֹרְחוֹי דְּמַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה. קְרִיבוּ שִׁמְעוּ.

Matnitin (our teaching). Those who pursue truth, those who seek out the mystery of faith, those who cleave to the bond of faithfulness, those who know the ways of the supernal King: draw near and hear.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)

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