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זוהר, ספרא דצניעותא ו׳Zohar, Sifra DiTzniuta 6

Section 6 of 6 in Sifra DiTzniuta — 17 segments

Segment 1א׳

פִּרְקָא חֲמִישָׁאָה. (ישעיהו א׳:ד׳) הוֹי גּוֹי חוֹטֵא עַם כֶּבֶד עָוֹן זֶרַע מְרֵעִים בָּנִים וְגוֹ'. שִׁבְעָה דַּרְגִּין יוֹ"ד ה"ה ו"ה ה"י ו"ו אַפִּיק ד' ה"ה הו"י, ה"ה אַפִּיק ו"ו ד"ו לְבַר אַסְתִּיר אָדָם דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָּא דְּאִינּוּן ד"ו דִּכְתִּיב בָּנִים מַשְׁחִיתִים.

Chapter Five. (Isaiah 1:4) "Woe, nation that sins, a people heavy of iniquity, seed of evildoers, [corrupting] children, [they have forsaken HaShem, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they have turned the backside].". Seven degrees [are indicated in this verse]: YWD HH WH HY [one of the filled-out spellings of the Tetragram] [,] WW issued forth D HH HWY [ הוי "Woe", the first word in Isaiah 1:4], HH issued forth WW [,] DW apart [ה can be considered to be consisting of ו and ד, see above][.] Adam hid Male and Female who are DW (דו, "two"), as is written "corrupting children".

Segment 2ב׳

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא. בְּרֵאשִׁית מַאֲמָר. בָּרָא חֲצִי מַאֲמָר. אָב וּבֵן. סָתִים וְגַלְיָא. עֵדֶן עִלָּאָה דְּסָתִים וְגָנִיז. עֵדֶן תַּתָּאָה, נָפִיק לִמְטָלְטְלֵי (ס"א למטלנוי) וְאִתְגַּלְיָא יְהוָֹה. יָהּ. אֱלֹהִים. אֵת. אֲדֹנָי אֶהְיֶה. יְמִינָא וּשְׂמָאלָא כַּחֲדָא אִשְׁתָּתָפוּ, הַשָּׁמַיִם. ואֵת, דִּכְתִּיב, (דבה הימים א כט) וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח אִינּוּן כַּחֲדָא אִשְׁתָּתָפוּ. הָאָרֶץ, דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים ח׳:ב׳) מָה אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ. (ישעיהו ו׳:ג׳) מְלא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ.

,"In the beginning (בראשית) created (ברא)" [Genesis 1:1]. בראשית is a word. ברא is a half word. Father [בראשית] and son [ברא is "the son" in Aramaic]. [partly] concealed and [partly] revealed: Upper Eden which is concealed and stored up. Lower Eden, goes out to journeys (other reading: to its journeys), and revealed is יהוה,יה,אלהים,את, אדני,אהיה. Right and Left are joined as one, "the heavens (השמים)". "and" (ואת), as is written (I Chronicles 29:11) "... and (ו) Tif'eret and (ו) Netsach...", these are joined as one. "the earth (הארץ)", as is written: (Psalms 8:2) "...how mighty is Your name in the whole world (הארץ)". (Isaiah 6:3) "the whole earth is full of His glory."

Segment 3ג׳

יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, עַתִּיקָא לִזְעֵירָא, אִתְפְּרַשׁ, וְאִתְדְּבַק. לָא אִתְפְּרַשׁ מַמָּשׁ פּוּמָא מְמַלֵּל רַבְרְבָן.

"Let there be a firmament between the waters" [Genesis 1:6], to divide between the Holy and the Holy of Holies, the Ancient One to the Small One, it is divided and cleaved. It is not itself divided the : "mouth speaking grandly" [Daniel 7:8 & 7:20].

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