זוהר, שלח לך ט״זZohar, Sh'lach 16

Section 16 of 46 in Sh'lach — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

בְּהַהוּא פִּתְחָא דְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, אִית עֲטָרָה דְּפָז עִלָּאָה וְיַקִּירָא גְּנִיזָא, דְּלָא אִתְחֲזֵי הַשְׁתָּא, גְּלִיפָא וּמְחֻקָּקָא בְּכָל זִינֵי אַבְנֵי יְקָר, וּזְמִינָא לְמֶהֱוִי עַל רֵישָׁא דְּמַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא, כַּד סָלִיק בְּהַהוּא מִגְדָּל, וּתְרֵין נְשָׁרִין, דָּא מִסִּטְרָא דָּא, וְדָא מִסִּטְרָא דָּא, נַטְלֵי לֵיהּ בִּידַיְיהוּ.

In that middle doorway there is a crown of fine gold, supernal and precious and laid up, which is not seen now, engraved and graven with every kind of precious stone; and it is destined to be upon the head of the King Messiah when he goes up into that tower. And two eagles, one on this side and one on that, take it in their hands.

Segment 2ב׳

כַּד סָלִיק מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא, מִתְתָּקְנִין נְשָׁרִין, וְנַטְלֵי עֲטָרָא דָּא, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּיִשְׁרֵי לְמִקְרֵי, יִתְפְּתַח פִּתְחָא אַחֲרָא, וּמִתַּמָּן תִּפּוּק הַהִיא יוֹנָה, דְּשָׁדַר נֹחַ בִּימֵי טוֹפָנָא, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית ח׳:ח׳) וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת הַיּוֹנָה, הַיּוֹנָה: הַהִיא דְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָא, וְלָא מַלִּילוּ בָּהּ קַדְמָאֵי, וְלָא יָדְעוּ מַה הִיא, אֶלָּא מֵהָכָא נַפְקַת, וְעַבְדַת שְׁלִיחוּתָא.

When the King Messiah goes up, the eagles make themselves ready and take this crown. At the hour when he begins to read, another doorway will be opened, and from there that dove will come forth which Noah sent in the days of the flood, as it is written, “And he sent forth the dove” (Gen. 8, 8). “The dove”: that one which is known, of which the men of old did not speak, and they did not know what it is; but from here she came forth and performed her mission.

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְשַׁעֲתָא דִּכְתִּיב וְלָא יָסְפָה שׁוּב אֵלָיו עוֹד, לָא יָדַע בַּר נָשׁ לְאָן אַזְלַת, וְהִיא תָּבַת לְאַתְרָהּ, וְאִתְגְּנִיזַת בְּפִתְחָא דָּא וְאִיהִי תִּטּוֹל עֲטָרָה בְּפוּמָהָא, וּתְשָׁוִי עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ דְּמַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא, מָטֵי וְלָא מָטֵי, וּכְדֵין כְּתִיב, (תהילים כ״א:ד׳) תָּשִׁית לְרֹאשׁוֹ עֲטֶרֶת פָּז.

And at the hour when it is written, “and she returned not again to him any more”, no man knew where she went; but she returned to her place, and was hidden away in this doorway. And she shall take the crown in her mouth and set it upon the head of the King Messiah, touching and not touching. And then it is written, “You set a crown of fine gold upon his head” (Ps. 21, 4).

Segment 4ד׳

וְכֵיוָן דְּיִקְרֵי מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה. יְקוּמוּן תְּרֵין נְשָׁרִין, דָּא מִכָּאן וְדָא מִכָּאן, וְיוֹנָה מָאִיךְ, וּמַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא נָחִית, וְעִטְרָה עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, עַד דַּרְגָּא בַּתְרָאָה. וּתְרֵין נְשָׁרִין פַּרְחִין לְעֵילָּא עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, וְיוֹנָה תָּבָאת וַעֲטָרָה בְּפוּמָהּ, וִיקַבְּלוּן לָהּ אִלֵּין תְּרֵין נְשָׁרִין.

And when the King Messiah reads in the Scroll of the Law, two eagles shall rise, one on this side and one on that, and the dove sinks down, and the King Messiah goes down, with the crown upon his head, to the last grade. And the two eagles fly above his head, and the dove returns with the crown in her mouth, and these two eagles receive her.

Segment 5ה׳

דָּוִד מַלְכָּא, זַיִת רַעֲנָן אִקְרֵי קַמֵּיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים נ״ב:י׳) וַאֲנִי כְּזַיִת רַעֲנָן בְּבֵית וְגוֹ'. עֲלֵה זַיִת, דָּא מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּדָוִד. וְדָּא אִיהוּ דְּרָמִיז יוֹנָה דָּא בְּיוֹמוֹי דְּנֹחַ, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית ח׳:י״א) וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ. הַהוּא עֲלֵה זַיִת, טָרָף וְחָטַף לִיקָרָא דִּילֵיהּ. בְּמָה. בְּפִיהָ. דְּקַיְּימָא עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, וּמְקַבְּלָא יְקָר מֵהַאי יוֹנָה וְהַאי דִּכְתִּיב טָרָף, וְלָא טָרְפָה, (אלא) כִּדְכוּרָא דָּא, דְּעֲבַיד חֵילָא וְנָצַח. בִּמְתִיבְתָּא דִּרְקִיעַ, יוֹנָה דְּכַר הוּא, מִגּוֹ דְּאִקְרֵי יוֹנָה, כְּתִיב כְּנוּקְבָּא, וּכְתִיב כִּדְכוּרָא, בְּזִמְנָא דִּמְקַבְּלָא יְקָר (חסר) דָּא.

King David is called “a leafy olive tree” before the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written, “But as for me, I am like a leafy olive tree in the house of,” etc. (Ps. 52, 10). “An olive leaf”: this is the King Messiah, son of David. And this is what that dove hinted at in the days of Noah, as it is written, “and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth” (Gen. 8, 11). That olive leaf: he tore and snatched his own honour. By what? “In her mouth”, for she stands upon his head, and he receives honour from this dove. And this that is written taraf, and not tarfah, (but) as of a male, one who does valiantly and prevails. In the Academy of the firmament the dove is male: because it is called a dove, it is written of as a female, and it is written of as a male, at the time when it receives (…) this honour.

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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