זוהר, שלח לך ל׳Zohar, Sh'lach 30

Section 30 of 46 in Sh'lach — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ אִי חֲסִידָא קַדִּישָׁא, וַדַּאי אִי לָא אַסְתִּים מִנֵּיהּ כָּל חֵיזוּ דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, וְלָא אִתְאֲבִיד כֹּלָּא מִנֵּיהּ, לָא לֶהֱוִי לֵיהּ חֵיזוּ וְחוּלָקָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. עָלְמָא דָּא, בְּהִפּוּכָא אִיהוּ מֵהַהוּא עָלְמָא דַּאֲנָן בֵּיהּ, דִּבְזִמְנָא דִּתְחִיַית מֵתַיָּיא, אֲפִילוּ כְּחוּטָא דְּשַׂעֲרָא לָא הֲוָה מֵעוֹבָדָא דְּהַאי עָלְמָא, דְּכֹלָּא אִתְאֲבִיד בְּקַדְמִיתָא, (טלא יבטיל ליה, וישוי ליה) בְּהַהוּא טַלָּא (בקדמיתא) וְיִתְעֲבָר מִנֵּיהּ כָּל זוּהֲמָא, וּלְבָתַר יִתְעֲבִיד כַּחֲמִירָא דָּא, וּמִנֵּיהּ יִתְעֲבִיד גּוּפָא בִּרְיָה חַדְתָּא, כַּךְ הָכָא.

He said to him: O holy pious one, certainly, if all the sight of this world were not closed off from him, and all of it were not lost from him, he would have no sight and no portion in that world. This world is the reverse of that world in which we are. For at the time of the resurrection of the dead there will not be so much as a thread of hair of the work of this world, since all is lost first, (the dew shall bring it to nothing, and shall make it) in that dew (at first), and all the filth shall pass from him; and afterwards it shall be made like this leaven, and from it the body shall be made, a new creature. So it is here.

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, ודַּאי יְדַעְנָא דְּאַתּוּן מְלוּבָּשִׁין תַּמָּן, בִּלְבוּשׁ יְקָר, דְּגוּפָא דַּכְיָא קַדִּישָׁא. אִי הֲוָה בְּגַוְונָא דָּא בְּהַאי עָלְמָא, בַּר נָשׁ דְּאִתְחֲזֵי בְּהַהוּא גּוּפָא, כְּגַוְונָא דְּאַתּוּן קַיְימִין בְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא.

R. Simeon said to him: Certainly I know that you are clothed there in a garment of glory, of a pure and holy body. If only there were one in this same way in this world, a man who might be seen in that body, in the way that you stand in that world.

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ, מִלָּה דָּא שָׁאִילוּ קַמֵּי רַב מְתִיבְתָּא, תְּרֵין עוּלְימִין דְּאִתְלְבָּשׁוּ בֵּינָנָא, בָּתַר דְּסַבְלוּ צַעֲרָא עַל חוֹבָא, דְּלָא אִתְחֲזֵי לְגַלָּאָה, וְשָׁאִילּוּ דָּא קַמֵּי רַב מְתִיבְתָּא. וְאִיהוּ אָמַר, דְּהָא הֲוָה בְּהַאי עָלְמָא הָכִי. מְנָלָן. דִּכְתִּיב, (אסתר ה׳:א׳) וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַתִּלְבַּשׁ אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכוּת, אִתְלַבְּשַׁת בְּהַהוּא דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. מַלְכוּת: דָּא רוּחָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא, דְּהָא מַלְכוּת שְׁמַיָא, נָשִׁיב רוּחָא, מֵהַהוּא רוּחָא דַּאֲוִירָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא, וְאִתְלַבְּשָׁא בֵּיהּ אֶסְתֵּר.

He said to him: This matter two young men who were clothed among us asked before the Head of the Academy, after they had borne distress for a sin that is not fitting to disclose; and they asked this before the Head of the Academy. And he said that it had been so in this world. From where do we know it? For it is written, “Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on royalty” (Esth. 5, 1): she clothed herself in that image of that world. “Royalty”: this is the holy spirit, for the kingdom of heaven breathes a spirit out of that spirit of the air of that world, and Esther clothed herself in it.

Segment 4ד׳

וְכַד עָאלַת קַמֵּי מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוִרוֹשׁ, וְחָמָא הַהוּא לְבוּשָׁא דִּנְהוֹרָא, דִּיוּקְנָאָה אִדְמִי לְמַלְאַךְ אֱלֹהִים. פַּרְחָה מִנֵּיהּ נִשְׁמְתָא לְפוּם שַׁעֲתָא. מָרְדְּכַי אוּף הָכִי, דִּכְתִּיב (אסתר ח׳:ט״ו) וּמָרְדְּכַי יָצָא מִלִּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת. לְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת, ודַּאי, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, (אסתר ט׳:ג׳) כִּי נָפַל פַּחַד מָרְדְּכַי עֲלֵיהֶם. פַּחַד מָרְדְּכַי, וְלָא פַּחַד אֲחַשְׁוִרוֹשׁ. אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, כַּמָה מְתִיקִין אִינּוּן מִלִּין, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקִי, וְהָא יְדַעְנָא דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא (ס"א בהאי) בְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא, מִתְלַבְּשָׁן בִּלְבוּשָׁא דְּאִקְרֵי לְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת, וְהָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי.

And when she came in before King Ahasuerus, and he saw that garment of light, her image was like an angel of God, and his soul flew from him for a moment. Mordecai likewise, for it is written, “And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel” (Esth. 8, 15). Royal apparel, certainly: the image of that world. And therefore it is written, “For the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them” (Esth. 9, 3) — the fear of Mordecai, and not the fear of Ahasuerus. R. Simeon said: How sweet these words are! Happy is my portion. And now I know that the righteous (a variant reads: in this) in that world are clothed in a garment that is called royal apparel; and so it is, certainly.

Segment 5ה׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ, אֲוִירָא דְּגַּן עֵדֶן, נְשִׁיבוּ דְּרוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא אִינּוּן, וּמִתְלַבְּשָׁן בֵּיהּ צַדִּיקַיָּיא, כְּגַוְונָא דַּהֲווֹ בְּהַאי עָלְמָא. וּלְבָתַר, רוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא שָׁרָאת, עַל רֵישָׁא דְּכָל חַד וְחַד. וְאִתְעַטָּר וְאִתְעָבֵידַא לֵיהּ עָטָרָא. וְכַךְ הֲוָה לְמָרְדְּכַי, דִּכְתִּיב בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. וּלְבָתַר וַעֲטֶרֶת זָהָב גְּדוֹלָה, דָּא עֲטֶרֶת, דִּשְׁרִיאַת עַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא בְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא. כַּד קַבִּילוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא הֲוָה לְהוֹן. עַד דְּחָבוּ, דִּכְתִּיב בְּהוּ, (שמות ל״ג:ו׳) וַיִּתְנַצְּלוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֶדְיָם מֵהַר חוֹרֶב. אִתְפְּשָׁטוּ מֵהַהוּא לְבוּשָׁא.

He said to him: The air of the Garden of Eden — they are breathings of the holy spirit, and the righteous are clothed in it, in the way that they were in this world. And afterwards the holy spirit rests upon the head of each and every one, and he is crowned, and it is made a crown for him. And so it was with Mordecai, of whom it is written “in royal apparel”, the image of that world; and afterwards, “and with a great crown of gold” — this is the crown that rests upon the heads of the righteous in that world. When Israel received the Torah it was in this same way with them, until they sinned, as it is written of them, “And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb” (Ex. 33, 6). They stripped off that garment.

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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