זוהר, שלח לך ל״חZohar, Sh'lach 38

Segment 1א׳

דְּתַתָּא גּוֹ שְׁמָרִים דְּחַמְרָא, דּוּרְדְיָין בִּישִׁין, נָפִיק חַד עִרְעוּרָא מְקַטְרְגָא, מַזִיקָא קַדְמָאָה, וְאִיהוּ בְּרוּחָא דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּאָדָם, ם כַּד קָרִיב לְגוֹ קוּדְשָׁא. כֵּיוָן דְּמִתְעֲבֵר מִתַּמָּן, וּבָעֵי לְנַחְתָּא לְתַתָּא, לְאִתְלַבְּשָׁא בִּלְבוּשָׁא לְנַזְקָא עָלְמָא, נָחִית הוּא וּרְתִיכוֹי. וּלְבוּשָׁא קַדְמָאָה דְּקָא נָקִיט תַּבְנִית שׁוֹר, דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּשׁוֹר. וְקַדְמָאָה לַנְּזִיקִין מֵאִינּוּן אַרְבַּע, שׁוֹר אִיהוּ. וְאִינּוּן אַרְבַּע אָבוֹת לְנַזְקָא עָלְמָא. וְכֻלְּהוּ תְּלָתָא אָבוֹת נְזִיקִין, בַּר שׁוֹר, כֻּלְּהוּ דִּילֵיהּ.

From below, within the lees of the wine, the evil dregs, there goes out one challenger, an accuser, the first destroyer; and he is in the spirit of the likeness of a man, Mem, when he draws near within the holiness. As soon as he passes from there, and seeks to go down below, to be clothed in a garment to harm the world, he goes down, he and his chariots. And the first garment that he takes is the figure of an ox, the likeness of an ox. And the first of the causes of damage among those four is the ox. And those four are principal causes of damage to the world. And all the three principal causes of damage, apart from the ox, are all of them his.

Segment 2ב׳

וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, (תהילים ק״ו:כ׳) וַיָּמִירוּ אֶת כְּבוֹדָם בְּתַבְנִית שׁוֹר אוֹכֵל עֵשֶׂב. מַהוּ אוֹכֵל עֵשֶׂב, הָא דַּרְשִׁינָן בֵּיהּ. אֲבָל עִקָּרָא דְּמִלָּה, מִתַּמְצִית הַלֶּחֶם, וְלָא שִׁבְעַת זִינֵי דָּגָן, לֵית לֵיהּ בְּהוּ חוּלָקָא, וְלָא יָאוּת לֵיהּ לְמֶהֱוִי תַּמָּן.

And therefore it is written, “Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eats grass” (Ps. 106, 20). What is “that eats grass”? We have expounded it. But the root of the matter is: from the residue of the bread, and not the seven kinds of grain — he has no portion in them, and it is not fitting for him to be there.

Segment 3ג׳

מִדּוּכְתַּיְיהוּ, וְאִלֵּין יַתְבִין בְּדוּכְתַּיְיהוּ, עַד לָא נָפְקֵי אִלֵּין, זְמִינִין אִלֵּין, נְהִירוּ וּנְצִיצוּ דִּלְהוֹן, לָא יַכְלִין עַיְינִין לְמִסְבַּל. אַזְלִין בְּסָחֲרָנִין, לֵית לְהוֹן שְׁכִיכוּ לְעָלְמִין.

From their places; and these sit in their places. Before these go out, these are made ready. Their shining and their sparkling — the eyes cannot bear it. They go round about; they have no stillness for ever.