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זוהר, שלח לך ל״וZohar, Sh'lach 36

Section 36 of 46 in Sh'lach — 4 segments

Segment 1א׳

אִיהוּ מָשִׁיךְ מְשִׁיכוּ מִסִּטְרָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְאִתְטָמַּר וְאִתְחָפָּא תְּחוֹת אֲתָר דְּאִקְרֵי (מלכים א י״ד:כ״ח) תָּא הָרָצִים, עַד פַּלְגּוּ לֵילְיָא. מִבָּתַר פַּלְגּוּ לֵילְיָא, שַׁלְהוֹבָא דְּעַמּוּדָא דְּיִצְחָק נָפִיק, וּבָטַשׁ בְּהַאי תַּרְנְגוֹלָא דְּאִקְרֵי גָּבֶר, כְּגַוְונָא דְּגֶבֶר אַחֲרָא עִלָּאָה עָלֵיהּ. כֵּיוָן דְּבָטַשׁ בֵּיהּ הַאי גָּבַר, קָרֵי וְיָהִיב שִׁית קָלִין, וְכֻלְּהוּ בְּסָכְלְתָנוּ.

He draws a drawing from his own side, and is hidden and covered under a place that is called “the guard-chamber” (I Kings 14, 28), until midnight. From after midnight the flame of the pillar of Isaac goes out and strikes this cock that is called gever (a man), after the pattern of another, supernal gever above him. As soon as this gever strikes it, it crows and gives six voices, and all of them in understanding.

Segment 2ב׳

בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִיהוּ קָרֵי, כָּל תַּרְנְגוֹלִין דְּהַאי עָלְמָא קָרָאן, וְנָפִיק מִנֵּיהּ שַׁלְהוֹבָא אַחֲרָא, וּמָטֵי לוֹן תְּחוֹת גַּדְפַיְיהוּ, וְקָרָאן. אִיהוּ מַה קָרֵי. בְּשַׁעֲתָא קַדְמָאָה קָרֵי וְאָמַר, (תהילים כ״ט:ד׳) קוֹל יְיָ בַּכֹּחַ קוֹל יְיָ בֶּהָדָר. וּבְשַׁעֲתָא תִּנְיָינָא קָרֵי וְאָמַר, (מיכה ו׳:ט׳) קוֹל יְיָ לָעִיר יִקְרָא (תהילים כ״ט:ד׳) קוֹל יְיָ שׁוֹבֵר אֲרָזִים. בְּשַׁעֲתָא תְּלִיתָאָה קָרֵי וְאָמַר, קוֹל יְיָ חוֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ. בְּשַׁעֲתָא רְבִיעָאָה קָרֵי וְאָמַר, (תהילים כ״ט:ח׳) קוֹל יְיָ יָחִיל מִדְבָּר וְגוֹ'. בְּשַׁעֲתָא חֲמִישָּׁאָה קָרֵי וְאָמַר, קוֹל יְיָ עַל הַמָּיִם וְגוֹ'. בְּשַׁעֲתָא שְׁתִיתָאָה קָרֵי וְאָמַר, קוֹל יְיָ יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת וְגוֹ'. לְבָתַר קָרֵי וְאָמַר, (ישעיהו מ׳:ו׳) קוֹל אוֹמֵר קְרָא וְאָמַר מָה אֶקְרָא וְגו'. וְדָא אִיהוּ תַּרְנְגוֹלָא דְּקָרֵי, וְלָא שָׁכִיךְ וּלְבָתַר קָרֵי כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין.

When it crows, all the cocks of this world crow, and another flame goes out from it and reaches them under their wings, and they crow. And what does it cry? At the first hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty” (Ps. 29, 4). At the second hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord calls to the city” (Mic. 6, 9), “The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars” (Ps. 29, 4). At the third hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire.” At the fourth hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness to tremble,” etc. (Ps. 29, 8). At the fifth hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters,” etc. At the sixth hour it cries and says, “The voice of the Lord makes the hinds to calve,” etc. Afterwards it cries and says, “A voice says: ‘Cry’; and he said: ‘What shall I cry?’” etc. (Isa. 40, 6). And this is the cock that crows and is not silent; and afterwards it crows again as at first.

Segment 3ג׳

וּמַאי קָרֵי. כָּל עוֹבָדִין דִּבְנֵי עָלְמָא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ מָארֵיהּ דְּאַחְמְתָא (ס"א דחכמתא) וְקֶסֶת הַסּוֹפֵר בְּחַרְצוֹי. וְכָל עוֹבָדִין דִּבְנֵי עָלְמָא כַּתִיב בְּכָל יוֹמָא. וּבְלֵילְיָא, בָּתַר דְּקָרֵי כָּל קְרִיאָן אִלֵּין, קָרֵי כָּל מַה דְּכָתַב בְּיוֹמָא.

And what does it cry? All the deeds of the people of the world; for he is the master of the case (a variant reads: of wisdom), and the scribe's inkhorn is at his loins. And all the deeds of the people of the world are written every day. And at night, after he has cried all these cries, he reads out all that he wrote by day.

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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