זוהר, שלח לך י״גZohar, Sh'lach 13

Section 13 of 46 in Sh'lach — 15 segments

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח רִבִּי אִילָאִי וְאָמַר, (דברים י״ח:י״ג) תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה עִם יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ. מַה בֵּין תָּם לְתָמִים. בְאַבְרָהָם כְּתִיב, (בראשית י״ז:א׳) הִתְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנַי וְהְיֵה תָמִים. יַעֲקֹב דְּאִשְׁתְּלִים יַתִּיר, כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ, (בראשית כ״ה:כ״ז) וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי אִישׁ תָּם. בְּגִין דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּאַר בֵּיהּ פְּסוֹלֶת כְּלַל, דְּהָא פְּרִיעָה הֲוָה בֵּיהּ.

R. Ilai discoursed on the verse: “You shall be tamim (perfect) with the Lord your God” (Deut. 18, 13). What is the difference between tam and tamim? Of Abraham it is written, “Walk before Me and be tamim” (Gen. 17, 1). Of Jacob, who was perfected further, it is written, “And Jacob was a tam man” (Gen. 25, 27). Why is he called a tam man? Because no refuse at all remained in him, for in him was the uncovering.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּמָה אִתְפְּרַע, (ס"א פריעה הוה ביה דאתפרע) וְאִתְדַכֵּי מֵהַהוּא פְּסוֹלֶת בְּגִין דְּהַהוּא אֲתָר דְּאַתְקִיף לִפְסוֹלֶת, דִּלְגוֹ אֲתָר דִּפְרִיעָה שָׁארֵי, אִיהוּ שׁוֹר, דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּשְׂמָאלָא דְּכֻרְסַיָא דִּילֵיהּ. וְהַהוּא שׁוֹר, אִקְרֵי שׁוֹר תָּם. דְּהָא רְתִיכָא דְּכֻרְסְיָא, רְשִׁימָא דִּבְרִית אִית בֵּיהּ. וְעַל דָּא, הַאי שׁוֹר אִקְרֵי תָּם. וְיַעֲקֹב אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּגַוִּויהּ, וּבְהַאי שׁוֹר עָבִיד פְּרִיעָה, וְאַעְבַּר זוּהֲמָא דִּפְסּוֹלֶת כֻּלָּא.

By what was he uncovered (a variant reads: the uncovering was in him, in that he was uncovered) and purified from that refuse? Because that place which holds fast to the refuse, within which the place of the uncovering begins, is an ox, the figure on the left of His throne. And that ox is called a tam ox, for the chariot of the throne has the impress of the covenant in it; and therefore this ox is called tam. And Jacob laid hold of it within him, and by this ox he performed the uncovering, and removed all the filth of the refuse.

Segment 3ג׳

בְּמַתְנִיתָא דִּבְצַלְאֵל כְּתִיב, (בראשית ל׳:כ״ב) וַיִּזְכּוֹר אֱלֹהִים אֶת רָחֵל. בְּשָׂרָה כְּתִיב (בראשית כא) פְּקִידָה, וּבְרָחֵל כְּתִיב זְכִירָה, אֲמַאי. בְּגִין דְּזָכוֹר אִתְרְשִׁים בְּיַעֲקֹב, דְּאִיהוּ בְּרִית שְׁלִים, כַּד (אתעביד) אִתְיְילִיד יוֹסֵף. וּבְמָּה. כַּד נָטַל שׁוֹר בַּהֲדֵיהּ, דְּלָא יַתְקִיף לְסִטְרָא אַחֲרָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ, אִתְקְרֵי יוֹסֵף (דברים ל״ג:י״ז) בְּכוֹר שׁוֹר, בְּכוֹר דְּהַהוּא שׁוֹר דְּנָטַל יַעֲקֹב בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ, (ודחי לההוא שור).

In the Mishnah of Bezalel it is written: “And God remembered Rachel” (Gen. 30, 22). Of Sarah, visiting is written (Gen. 21), and of Rachel, remembrance is written. Why? Because “remember” is impressed upon Jacob, who is the perfect covenant, when Joseph was born (a variant reads: was made). And by what? When he took the ox with him, so that it should not hold fast to the other side. And therefore Joseph is called “the firstborn of an ox” (Deut. 33, 17), the firstborn of that ox that Jacob took: “his firstborn ox” (and he thrust that ox away).

Segment 4ד׳

ודַּאי, וְהַהוּא שׁוֹר שׁוֹר תָּם, וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם. רִבּוֹן וְשָׁלִיט, מָארֵיהּ דְּבֵיתָא, דְּהַהוּא שׁוֹר תָּם שָׁארֵי בְּגַוִּויהּ. בְּגִין דְּאִית שׁוֹר מוּעָד בִּסְטָר עָרְלָה פְּרִיעָה. וְכַמָּה גַּרְדִּינֵי נִימוּסִין נַפְקִין מִנֵּיהּ, עַד דַּרְגָּא בַּתְרַיְיתָא דְּאִקְרֵי שְׁאִיָ"ה. הַהוּא דְּאָפִיל בֵּיתִין דְּעָלְמָא, דְּלָא דַּיְירִין בְּהוּ בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. וְכֻלְּהוּ נַפְקָא מֵהַהוּא שׁוֹר מוּעָד. וְדָא בְּחִבּוּרָא דַּחֲמוֹר בִּישָׁא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ (דברים כ״ב:י׳) לֹא תַחֲרוֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמוֹר יַחְדָּיו. בְּגִין דְּלָא לְאַתְּעָרָא לְהוּ.

Certainly. And that ox is a tam ox, and Jacob is a tam man, lord and ruler, master of the house, since that tam ox dwells within him. For there is a forewarned ox on the side of the foreskin and the uncovering, and many emissaries of judgement issue from it, down to the last grade, which is called Shei'ah, the one that casts down the houses of the world in which men do not dwell. And they all issue from that forewarned ox. And this one is in conjunction with the evil ass. And therefore, “You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together” (Deut. 22, 10), so as not to rouse them.

Segment 5ה׳

וּבְהַהוּא מְתִיבְתָּא דִּבְצַלְאֵל, וְכֵן בִּתְרֵין מְתִיבְתָּא, וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם, בַּעְלָהּ דְּהַהוּא תָּם. וּמַאן אִיהוּ א' רָזָא דְּוָ"ו. וְכַד הֲווֹ כְּלַל דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא, כְּדֵין נָטִיל כָּל אַתְוָון אִלֵּין את"ם, וְאִיהוּ אֶמֶ"ת. (מיכה ז׳:כ׳) תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב, כְּלַל דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא כַּחֲדָא, שְׁלִימוּ דְּכֹלָּא.

And in that Academy of Bezalel, and so too in the two Academies: “And Jacob was a tam man”, the husband of that tam. And what is he? The Aleph, the mystery of the Vau. And when male and female were comprised together, then he takes all these letters, Aleph, Tau, Mem, and he is emet, truth. “You will give truth to Jacob” (Micah 7, 20): male and female comprised together, the perfection of all.

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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