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זוהר, שלח לך ה׳Zohar, Sh'lach 5

Section 5 of 46 in Sh'lach — 13 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה וְרִבִּי יֵיסָא הֲווֹ אָזְלֵי בְּאָרְחָא, אָמַר רִבִּי יֵיסָא לְרִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה. חֲמֵינָא בְּאַפָּךְ דְּהִרְהוּרָא אִית בְּגַוָּוךְ. אָמַר לֵיהּ, הָא וַדַּאי הַאי קְרָא אִסְתַּכַּלְנָא בֵּיהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר שְׁלֹמֹה, (קהלת ג׳:י״ט) כִּי מִקְּרֶה בְנֵי הָאָדָם וּמִקְרֶה הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִקְּרֶה אֶחָד לָהֶם וְגוֹ'. וְתָנֵינָן, דְּכָל מִלּוֹי דִּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא, כֻּלְּהוּ סְתִימִין מִדַּרְגִּין דְּחָכְמְתָא. אִי הָכִי, הַאי קְרָא אִית בֵּיהּ לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא, דְּהָא פִּתְחָא לְאִינּוּן דְּלָאו בְּנֵי מְהֵימְנוּתָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּיהּ.

As R. Hizkiah and R. Jesse were once walking together, the latter said: ‘I see from your looks that some thought is troubling you.’ He replied: ‘I am pondering on the verse: “For that which befalleth the sons of man befalleth beasts, even one thing befalleth them” (Eccl. 3, 19). This saying of the wise Solomon troubles me, because it seems to give an opening to the unbelievers.’

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ וַדַּאי הָכִי הוּא, וְאִית בֵּיהּ לְמִנְדַּע וּלְאִסְתַּכְּלָא. אַדְּהָכִי חָמוּ חַד בַּר נָשׁ דְּהֲוָה אָתֵי, שָׁאַל לוֹן מַיָּיא, דְּהֲוָה צָחֵי, וַהֲוָה לָאֵי בְּתוּקְפָּא דְּשִׁמְשָׁא. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ, מַאן אַתְּ. אָמַר לוֹן יוּדָאי אֲנָא, וַאֲנָא לָאֵי וְצָחֵינָא. אָמְרוּ לָעִית בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, אָמַר לוֹן, עַד דַּאֲנָא עִמְּכוֹן בְּמִלִּין, אֶסְלַּק לְהַאי טוּרָא, וְתַמָּן אֶסַּב מַיָּיא וְאִשְׁתֵּי.

That is assuredly so,’ he replied. At that moment a man came up to them and asked them for water, as he was thirsty and weary from the heat of the sun. They asked him who he was. He replied that he was a Jew. ‘Have you studied the Torah?’ they asked. He replied: ‘Instead of talking with you, I can go up to that hill and find water there and drink.’

Segment 3ג׳

אַפִּיק רִבִּי יֵיסָא חַד זְפִירָא מָלֵי מַיִין, וִיהַב לֵיהּ. בָּתַר דְּשָׁתָה, אָמַר נְסַלֵּק עִמָּךְ לְמַיָּיא. סְלִיקוּ לְטוּרָא, וְאִשְׁתְּכָחוּ חַד חוּטָא דְּמַיָיא דָּקִיק, וּמַלֵּי קַטְפוּרָא חַד. יָתְבוּ. אָמַר לוֹן הַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ, הַשְׁתָּא שָׁאִילוּ, דְּהָא אֲנָא אִשְׁתָּדַּלְּנָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, עַל יְדוֹי דְּחַד בְּרִי, דַּאֲנָא עַיְילִית לֵיהּ לְבֵי רַב, וּבְגִינֵיהּ רָוַוחְנָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. אָמַר רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה אִי עַל יְדָא דִּבְרָךְ, טַב הוּא. אֲבָל מִלָּה דַּאֲנָן בֵּיהּ, אֲנָא חֲמֵינָא דְּלַאֲתָר אַחֲרָא בָּעֵי לְאִסְתַּלְּקָא. אָמַר הַהוּא בַּר נָשׁ, אֵימָא מִלָּךְ, דִּלְזִמְנִין בְּאָפַּרְקָסָתָא דְּעַנְיָיא תִּשְׁכַּח מַרְגָּנִיתָא.

R. Jesse thereupon brought out a flask full of water and gave it to him. When he had drunk, they said: ‘We will go up there with you for water.’ So they went up to the rock and found there a trickling stream from which they filled a bottle. They then sat down, and the man said to them: ‘You just now asked me if I had studied the Torah. I have done so through a son of mine whom I have put under a teacher, and from whom I have gained some knowledge of the Torah.’ R. Hizkiah said to him: ‘If it is through your son, well and good; but I see that for the solution of our problem we shall have to look somewhere else.’ The man said: ‘Let me hear it, since sometimes in the beggar’s wallet one finds a pearl.’

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)